Mexican Revolution

Beginning on November 20, 1910, the Mexican Revolution was a multi-faction armed conflict that overthrew the 30-year presidency of Porfirio Diaz and continued through a decade of civil war among rival leaders including Francisco Madero, Pancho Villa, Emiliano Zapata, Venustiano Carranza, and Alvaro Obregon. By 1910, approximately 95% of rural Mexicans held no land. The resulting Constitution of 1917 established provisions for land redistribution, labor protections, and limits on church authority. Estimates of those killed range from 900,000 to 2 million.