Madero Calls for Change: Mexican Revolution Starts
Francisco Madero issued the Plan de San Luis Potosi on November 20, 1910, calling for an armed uprising against President Porfirio Diaz, who had ruled Mexico for over 30 years through rigged elections and police repression. Madero, a wealthy landowner, had run against Diaz in the 1910 election and been arrested and imprisoned before the vote. The initial uprising was poorly organized, but guerrilla leaders Pancho Villa in the north and Emiliano Zapata in the south rallied massive popular support. Diaz resigned and fled to Paris in May 1911. Madero was elected president but couldn't control the revolutionary forces he had unleashed. He was overthrown and assassinated in 1913. The revolution continued for another seven years, killing roughly one million people and remaking Mexican society, land ownership, and governance.
November 20, 1910
116 years ago
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Porfirio Díaz
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President of Mexico
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Mexican Revolution
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Francisco I. Madero
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Federal government of the United Mexican States
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Plan of San Luis Potosí
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Francisco I. Madero
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Plan of San Luis Potosí
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Porfirio Díaz
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Federal government of Mexico
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Línea 1 del Metro de la Ciudad de México
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Tacubaya (estación)
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Tlatelolco (estación)
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Hospital General (estación)
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Línea 3 del Metro de la Ciudad de México
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Liste des chefs d'État du Mexique
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History of Mexico
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