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Background
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Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
Background
Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
1854 - Defiance of Santa Anna forces him to become a guerrilla.
Background
Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
1854 - Defiance of Santa Anna forces him to become a guerrilla. 1857 - 1860 - War of the Reform
Background
Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
1854 - Defiance of Santa Anna forces him to become a guerrilla. 1857 - 1860 - War of the Reform 1861 - 1867 - Era of the French intervention and the Mexican Empire
Background
Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
1854 - Defiance of Santa Anna forces him to become a guerrilla. 1857 - 1860 - War of the Reform 1861 - 1867 - Era of the French intervention and the Mexican Empire 1862 - Victor of the battle of Puebla
Background
Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
1854 - Defiance of Santa Anna forces him to become a guerrilla. 1857 - 1860 - War of the Reform 1861 - 1867 - Era of the French intervention and the Mexican Empire 1862 - Victor of the battle of Puebla 1876 - Revolt of Tuxtepec
Background
Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
1854 - Defiance of Santa Anna forces him to become a guerrilla. 1857 - 1860 - War of the Reform 1861 - 1867 - Era of the French intervention and the Mexican Empire 1862 - Victor of the battle of Puebla 1876 - Revolt of Tuxtepec 1876 - 1880 - President of Mexico
Background
Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
1854 - Defiance of Santa Anna forces him to become a guerrilla. 1857 - 1860 - War of the Reform 1861 - 1867 - Era of the French intervention and the Mexican Empire 1862 - Victor of the battle of Puebla 1876 - Revolt of Tuxtepec 1876 - 1880 - President of Mexico 1884 - 1911 - President of Mexico
Background
Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
1854 - Defiance of Santa Anna forces him to become a guerrilla. 1857 - 1860 - War of the Reform 1861 - 1867 - Era of the French intervention and the Mexican Empire 1862 - Victor of the battle of Puebla 1876 - Revolt of Tuxtepec 1876 - 1880 - President of Mexico 1884 - 1911 - President of Mexico 1911 - Exile in Europe
Background
Porfirio Diaz - Summarized Chronology
1854 - Defiance of Santa Anna forces him to become a guerrilla. 1857 - 1860 - War of the Reform 1861 - 1867 - Era of the French intervention and the Mexican Empire 1862 - Victor of the battle of Puebla 1876 - Revolt of Tuxtepec 1876 - 1880 - President of Mexico 1884 - 1911 - President of Mexico 1911 - Exile in Europe 1915 - Died in Paris
Background
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 - 72 Benito Juarez
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 - 72 Benito Juarez 1872 - 76 Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 - 72 Benito Juarez 1872 - 76 Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada 1876 - 80 Porfirio Diaz
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 1872 1876 1880 72 Benito Juarez 76 Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada 80 Porfirio Diaz 84 Manuel Gonzales
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 - 72 Benito Juarez 1872 - 76 Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada 1876 - 80 Porfirio Diaz 1880 - 84 Manuel Gonzales 1884 - 1911 Porfirio Diaz
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 - 72 Benito Juarez 1872 - 76 Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada 1876 - 80 Porfirio Diaz 1880 - 84 Manuel Gonzales 1884 - 1911 Porfirio Diaz May 11 - Nov 11 Francisco Len de la Barra
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 - 72 Benito Juarez 1872 - 76 Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada 1876 - 80 Porfirio Diaz 1880 - 84 Manuel Gonzales 1884 - 1911 Porfirio Diaz May 11 - Nov 11 Francisco Len de la Barra Nov 11 - Feb 13 Francisco Madero
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 - 72 Benito Juarez 1872 - 76 Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada 1876 - 80 Porfirio Diaz 1880 - 84 Manuel Gonzales 1884 - 1911 Porfirio Diaz May 11 - Nov 11 Francisco Len de la Barra Nov 11 - Feb 13 Francisco Madero Feb 13 - Jul 14 Victoriano Huerta
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 - 72 Benito Juarez 1872 - 76 Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada 1876 - 80 Porfirio Diaz 1880 - 84 Manuel Gonzales 1884 - 1911 Porfirio Diaz May 11 - Nov 11 Francisco Len de la Barra Nov 11 - Feb 13 Francisco Madero Feb 13 - Jul 14 Victoriano Huerta Jul 14 - Aug 14 Francisco Carvajal
Background
List of Mexican Presidents since 1867
1867 - 72 Benito Juarez 1872 - 76 Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada 1876 - 80 Porfirio Diaz 1880 - 84 Manuel Gonzales 1884 - 1911 Porfirio Diaz May 11 - Nov 11 Francisco Len de la Barra Nov 11 - Feb 13 Francisco Madero Feb 13 - Jul 14 Victoriano Huerta Jul 14 - Aug 14 Francisco Carvajal Aug 14 - May 20 Venustiano Carranza
Pre-Office
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections.
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud.
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud. Juarez died in 1872 and his vice-president took office, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada.
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud. Juarez died in 1872 and his vice-president took office, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. Diaz quietly organized a coalition to win the election of 1876 or if necessary to overthrow the government.
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud. Juarez died in 1872 and his vice-president took office, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. Diaz quietly organized a coalition to win the election of 1876 or if necessary to overthrow the government. Diaz campaigned with Sufragio electivo, no re-eleccion (a fair vote count but no reelection to public office).
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud. Juarez died in 1872 and his vice-president took office, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. Diaz quietly organized a coalition to win the election of 1876 or if necessary to overthrow the government. Diaz campaigned with Sufragio electivo, no re-eleccion (a fair vote count but no reelection to public office). Opposed the continuity promoted by Juarez and followed by Lerdo de Tejada.
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud. Juarez died in 1872 and his vice-president took office, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. Diaz quietly organized a coalition to win the election of 1876 or if necessary to overthrow the government. Diaz campaigned with Sufragio electivo, no re-eleccion (a fair vote count but no reelection to public office). Opposed the continuity promoted by Juarez and followed by Lerdo de Tejada. Used newspapers to accuse the government of corruption and malfeasance.
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud. Juarez died in 1872 and his vice-president took office, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. Diaz quietly organized a coalition to win the election of 1876 or if necessary to overthrow the government. Diaz campaigned with Sufragio electivo, no re-eleccion (a fair vote count but no reelection to public office). Opposed the continuity promoted by Juarez and followed by Lerdo de Tejada. Used newspapers to accuse the government of corruption and malfeasance. Diaz became president of Mexico through a Revolt, not electoral politics.
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud. Juarez died in 1872 and his vice-president took office, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. Diaz quietly organized a coalition to win the election of 1876 or if necessary to overthrow the government. Diaz campaigned with Sufragio electivo, no re-eleccion (a fair vote count but no reelection to public office). Opposed the continuity promoted by Juarez and followed by Lerdo de Tejada. Used newspapers to accuse the government of corruption and malfeasance. Diaz became president of Mexico through a Revolt, not electoral politics.
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud. Juarez died in 1872 and his vice-president took office, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. Diaz quietly organized a coalition to win the election of 1876 or if necessary to overthrow the government. Diaz campaigned with Sufragio electivo, no re-eleccion (a fair vote count but no reelection to public office). Opposed the continuity promoted by Juarez and followed by Lerdo de Tejada. Used newspapers to accuse the government of corruption and malfeasance. Diaz became president of Mexico through a Revolt, not electoral politics.
Pre-Office
Diaz ran against Benito Juarez for president and lost due to the influence Juarez used to alter the results of the elections. Diaz cried fraud. Juarez died in 1872 and his vice-president took office, Sebastian Lerdo de Tejada. Diaz quietly organized a coalition to win the election of 1876 or if necessary to overthrow the government. Diaz campaigned with Sufragio electivo, no re-eleccion (a fair vote count but no reelection to public office). Opposed the continuity promoted by Juarez and followed by Lerdo de Tejada. Used newspapers to accuse the government of corruption and malfeasance. Diaz became president of Mexico through a Revolt, not electoral politics. Diaz issued The Plan of Tuxtepec calling for obedience to the constitution and no presidential re-election, overthrew the government and declared president on November 29, 1876
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Porfiriato
Diaz
ruled offering Pan o Palo (bread or hit), setting his rivals against each other.
Porfiriato
Diaz
ruled offering Pan o Palo (bread or hit), setting his rivals against each other. Those who supported him received bread, as bribes, public offices, jobs, land grants, promotions or pensions.
Porfiriato
Diaz
ruled offering Pan o Palo (bread or hit), setting his rivals against each other. Those who supported him received bread, as bribes, public offices, jobs, land grants, promotions or pensions. Controlled up to the lowest office who would get a job or promoted through his control of the Liberal Party in each state.
Porfiriato
Diaz
ruled offering Pan o Palo (bread or hit), setting his rivals against each other. Those who supported him received bread, as bribes, public offices, jobs, land grants, promotions or pensions. Controlled up to the lowest office who would get a job or promoted through his control of the Liberal Party in each state. Controlled the military and prevented it from building an independent power by dividing the country into military zones and rotating the generals through them.
Porfiriato
Diaz
ruled offering Pan o Palo (bread or hit), setting his rivals against each other. Those who supported him received bread, as bribes, public offices, jobs, land grants, promotions or pensions. Controlled up to the lowest office who would get a job or promoted through his control of the Liberal Party in each state. Controlled the military and prevented it from building an independent power by dividing the country into military zones and rotating the generals through them. Those who did not rotate were Pajama Generals. Fully paid officers who lived quietly on their estates.
Porfiriato
Diaz
ruled offering Pan o Palo (bread or hit), setting his rivals against each other. Those who supported him received bread, as bribes, public offices, jobs, land grants, promotions or pensions. Controlled up to the lowest office who would get a job or promoted through his control of the Liberal Party in each state. Controlled the military and prevented it from building an independent power by dividing the country into military zones and rotating the generals through them. Those who did not rotate were Pajama Generals. Fully paid officers who lived quietly on their estates. from 1876 to 1896 Diaz reduced the size of the army and by 1896 i was controlled by his personally loyal men.
Porfiriato
Diaz
ruled offering Pan o Palo (bread or hit), setting his rivals against each other. Those who supported him received bread, as bribes, public offices, jobs, land grants, promotions or pensions. Controlled up to the lowest office who would get a job or promoted through his control of the Liberal Party in each state. Controlled the military and prevented it from building an independent power by dividing the country into military zones and rotating the generals through them. Those who did not rotate were Pajama Generals. Fully paid officers who lived quietly on their estates. from 1876 to 1896 Diaz reduced the size of the army and by 1896 i was controlled by his personally loyal men. His government tolerated any lucrative or pleasant activities that were conducted by the governments friends.
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Those
who did not obey him were hit with the club. Dissidents were assassinated or, if they were lucky, forced into exile.
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Those
who did not obey him were hit with the club. Dissidents were assassinated or, if they were lucky, forced into exile. The new rural police, ! rurales, used ruthless tactics not only to end banditry but also to enforce the dictator's will.
Porfiriato
Those
who did not obey him were hit with the club. Dissidents were assassinated or, if they were lucky, forced into exile. The new rural police, ! rurales, used ruthless tactics not only to end banditry but also to enforce the dictator's will. The national army suppressed riots and rebellions and, when needed, supported the state political bosses appointed by Diaz.
Porfiriato
Those
who did not obey him were hit with the club. Dissidents were assassinated or, if they were lucky, forced into exile. The new rural police, ! rurales, used ruthless tactics not only to end banditry but also to enforce the dictator's will. The national army suppressed riots and rebellions and, when needed, supported the state political bosses appointed by Diaz. Physical attacks on reporters and newspaper plants soon ended freedom of the press.
Porfiriato
Those
who did not obey him were hit with the club. Dissidents were assassinated or, if they were lucky, forced into exile. The new rural police, ! rurales, used ruthless tactics not only to end banditry but also to enforce the dictator's will. The national army suppressed riots and rebellions and, when needed, supported the state political bosses appointed by Diaz. Physical attacks on reporters and newspaper plants soon ended freedom of the press. He did allow the church to regain much of its lost inuence.
Porfiriato
Those
who did not obey him were hit with the club. Dissidents were assassinated or, if they were lucky, forced into exile. The new rural police, ! rurales, used ruthless tactics not only to end banditry but also to enforce the dictator's will. The national army suppressed riots and rebellions and, when needed, supported the state political bosses appointed by Diaz. Physical attacks on reporters and newspaper plants soon ended freedom of the press. He did allow the church to regain much of its lost inuence. Although part Indian, Diaz grew "whiter" during his dictatorship as he disparaged Indians.
Porfiriato
Those
who did not obey him were hit with the club. Dissidents were assassinated or, if they were lucky, forced into exile. The new rural police, ! rurales, used ruthless tactics not only to end banditry but also to enforce the dictator's will. The national army suppressed riots and rebellions and, when needed, supported the state political bosses appointed by Diaz. Physical attacks on reporters and newspaper plants soon ended freedom of the press. He did allow the church to regain much of its lost inuence. Although part Indian, Diaz grew "whiter" during his dictatorship as he disparaged Indians. His anti-Indian attitudes encouraged supporters to sell rebellious Indians into slavery in Cuba or to kill them.
Porfiriato
Those
who did not obey him were hit with the club. Dissidents were assassinated or, if they were lucky, forced into exile. The new rural police, ! rurales, used ruthless tactics not only to end banditry but also to enforce the dictator's will. The national army suppressed riots and rebellions and, when needed, supported the state political bosses appointed by Diaz. Physical attacks on reporters and newspaper plants soon ended freedom of the press. He did allow the church to regain much of its lost inuence. Although part Indian, Diaz grew "whiter" during his dictatorship as he disparaged Indians. His anti-Indian attitudes encouraged supporters to sell rebellious Indians into slavery in Cuba or to kill them. In short, Diaz used the standard techniques of dictatorships.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished. He paid off Mexico's creditors and, in 1894, balanced the national budget for the rst time in Mexican history.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished. He paid off Mexico's creditors and, in 1894, balanced the national budget for the rst time in Mexican history. Mexico was the world's largest silver producer but he put the nation on the international gold standard.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished. He paid off Mexico's creditors and, in 1894, balanced the national budget for the rst time in Mexican history. Mexico was the world's largest silver producer but he put the nation on the international gold standard. The Mexican peso became one of the world's soundest currencies.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished. He paid off Mexico's creditors and, in 1894, balanced the national budget for the rst time in Mexican history. Mexico was the world's largest silver producer but he put the nation on the international gold standard. The Mexican peso became one of the world's soundest currencies. He revised laws to make the country attractive to investors.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished. He paid off Mexico's creditors and, in 1894, balanced the national budget for the rst time in Mexican history. Mexico was the world's largest silver producer but he put the nation on the international gold standard. The Mexican peso became one of the world's soundest currencies. He revised laws to make the country attractive to investors. The constitution was amended to allow foreigners to own subsoil minerals.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished. He paid off Mexico's creditors and, in 1894, balanced the national budget for the rst time in Mexican history. Mexico was the world's largest silver producer but he put the nation on the international gold standard. The Mexican peso became one of the world's soundest currencies. He revised laws to make the country attractive to investors. The constitution was amended to allow foreigners to own subsoil minerals. Modifying the land laws of the Reform, he allowed surveyors to keep huge chunks of the national lands they surveyed.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished. He paid off Mexico's creditors and, in 1894, balanced the national budget for the rst time in Mexican history. Mexico was the world's largest silver producer but he put the nation on the international gold standard. The Mexican peso became one of the world's soundest currencies. He revised laws to make the country attractive to investors. The constitution was amended to allow foreigners to own subsoil minerals. Modifying the land laws of the Reform, he allowed surveyors to keep huge chunks of the national lands they surveyed. Through his control of the judiciary rights, he guaranteed that his friends would win law suits instigated by Indian communities trying to keep their land.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished. He paid off Mexico's creditors and, in 1894, balanced the national budget for the rst time in Mexican history. Mexico was the world's largest silver producer but he put the nation on the international gold standard. The Mexican peso became one of the world's soundest currencies. He revised laws to make the country attractive to investors. The constitution was amended to allow foreigners to own subsoil minerals. Modifying the land laws of the Reform, he allowed surveyors to keep huge chunks of the national lands they surveyed. Through his control of the judiciary rights, he guaranteed that his friends would win law suits instigated by Indian communities trying to keep their land. By 1910, the nation had 900 large land owners and a landless rural population of nine million out of a total population of fteen million.
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Diaz also stayed in power because he successfully encouraged economic development. He created a solid banking system and an effective tax collection system. State tariffs, taxes on production, and the sales tax were abolished. He paid off Mexico's creditors and, in 1894, balanced the national budget for the rst time in Mexican history. Mexico was the world's largest silver producer but he put the nation on the international gold standard. The Mexican peso became one of the world's soundest currencies. He revised laws to make the country attractive to investors. The constitution was amended to allow foreigners to own subsoil minerals. Modifying the land laws of the Reform, he allowed surveyors to keep huge chunks of the national lands they surveyed. Through his control of the judiciary rights, he guaranteed that his friends would win law suits instigated by Indian communities trying to keep their land. By 1910, the nation had 900 large land owners and a landless rural population of nine million out of a total population of fteen million. Many haciendas were huge; those owned by the Terrazas-Creel clan contained more acreage than the entire nation of Costa Rica.
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Foreigners soon owned much of the nation.
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Foreigners soon owned much of the nation. They initially bought landed estates but soon
industry. invested in commerce and
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Foreigners soon owned much of the nation. They initially bought landed estates but soon
invested in commerce and industry. Railroad building began under Juarez and increased under Gonzalez, but boomed during the Diaz years as the total mileage of tracks went from less than 400 miles in 1876 to over 12,000 in 1910.
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Foreigners soon owned much of the nation. They initially bought landed estates but soon
invested in commerce and industry. Railroad building began under Juarez and increased under Gonzalez, but boomed during the Diaz years as the total mileage of tracks went from less than 400 miles in 1876 to over 12,000 in 1910. Foreigners created telephone and telegraph companies, bought mines, started or took over factories, opened department stores, and, at the turn of the century, drilled for oil.
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Foreigners soon owned much of the nation. They initially bought landed estates but soon
invested in commerce and industry. Railroad building began under Juarez and increased under Gonzalez, but boomed during the Diaz years as the total mileage of tracks went from less than 400 miles in 1876 to over 12,000 in 1910. Foreigners created telephone and telegraph companies, bought mines, started or took over factories, opened department stores, and, at the turn of the century, drilled for oil. Mexico City, the national capital, blossomed into one of the most beautiful cities in the world while Monterrey, with its steel mills and factories, became a major industrial city.
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Foreigners soon owned much of the nation. They initially bought landed estates but soon
invested in commerce and industry. Railroad building began under Juarez and increased under Gonzalez, but boomed during the Diaz years as the total mileage of tracks went from less than 400 miles in 1876 to over 12,000 in 1910. Foreigners created telephone and telegraph companies, bought mines, started or took over factories, opened department stores, and, at the turn of the century, drilled for oil. Mexico City, the national capital, blossomed into one of the most beautiful cities in the world while Monterrey, with its steel mills and factories, became a major industrial city. Foreign domination of the national economic life became so pervasive and the practice of hiring unqualied foreigners before qualied Mexicans became so common that many Mexicans asserted that Mexico was the "mother of foreigners and the stepmother of Mexicans."
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Most Mexicans suffered from the Diaz economic policies, but the dictator and his followers did not care. Diaz' intellectual elite, the cienticos (loosely translated as scientists), believed in "thesurvival of the ttest."
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Most Mexicans suffered from the Diaz economic policies, but the dictator and his followers did not care. Diaz' intellectual elite, the cienticos (loosely translated as scientists), believed in "thesurvival of the ttest." They argued that societies could only progress through ruthless competition among individuals and the application of "scientic" principles to government. They also believed that the Indian majority was incapable of rational thought, and, thus, inevitably would suffer as their "betters" won the competition for resources.
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They ignored the fact that Diaz was stacking the deck, using whatever means necessary to insure the outcome he wanted. Economic policy was neither fair nor rational. Mexico needed sound public roads to foster internal trade but Mexican roads, on which the average person depended, were no better than they were in 1810 even though Mexico exported asphalt.
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They ignored the fact that Diaz was stacking the deck, using whatever means necessary to insure the outcome he wanted. Economic policy was neither fair nor rational. Mexico needed sound public roads to foster internal trade but Mexican roads, on which the average person depended, were no better than they were in 1810 even though Mexico exported asphalt. Industrial workers and miners, groups which enjoyed higher wages than peons, were usually forced to spend those wages in company stores, where they paid higher prices. If they protested or sought higher wages, Diaz sent in the army to break strikes. By 1910, the average Mexican was worse off economically than he or she had been in 1810!
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Growing
popular unrest contributed to the downfall of the dictatorship but dissatisfaction among the elite precipitated the Mexican Revolution in 1910.
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Growing
popular unrest contributed to the downfall of the dictatorship but dissatisfaction among the elite precipitated the Mexican Revolution in 1910. Diaz kept his friends in ofce year after year after year, denying ambitious men the possibility of holding public ofce.
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Growing
popular unrest contributed to the downfall of the dictatorship but dissatisfaction among the elite precipitated the Mexican Revolution in 1910. Diaz kept his friends in ofce year after year after year, denying ambitious men the possibility of holding public ofce. It was a "carro completo," a full car, and ambitious men reached middle age and beyond without any hope of gaining a seat unless someone died or Diaz left power, either voluntarily or by force.
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Growing
popular unrest contributed to the downfall of the dictatorship but dissatisfaction among the elite precipitated the Mexican Revolution in 1910. Diaz kept his friends in ofce year after year after year, denying ambitious men the possibility of holding public ofce. It was a "carro completo," a full car, and ambitious men reached middle age and beyond without any hope of gaining a seat unless someone died or Diaz left power, either voluntarily or by force. Few thought the old man could be forced out; he had always proven too crafty to allow that to occur and most people believed that any attempt to remove him would result in their death.
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Diaz' political skills had declined however.
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Diaz' political skills had declined however. He granted an interview in 1908 to James Creelman of Pearson's Magazine, a
popular U.S. publication, and stated that he thought Mexico was now ready for democracy and he hoped to have serious opposition if he ran for the presidency in the 1910 election.
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Diaz' political skills had declined however. He granted an interview in 1908 to James Creelman of Pearson's Magazine, a
popular U.S. publication, and stated that he thought Mexico was now ready for democracy and he hoped to have serious opposition if he ran for the presidency in the 1910 election. Perhaps he thought few Mexicans would ever read these words or perhaps he was trying to encourage his rivals to declare their political intentions.
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Diaz' political skills had declined however. He granted an interview in 1908 to James Creelman of Pearson's Magazine, a
popular U.S. publication, and stated that he thought Mexico was now ready for democracy and he hoped to have serious opposition if he ran for the presidency in the 1910 election. Perhaps he thought few Mexicans would ever read these words or perhaps he was trying to encourage his rivals to declare their political intentions. Whatever his reasons, the interview encouraged potential candidates to announce their presidential candidacies.
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Diaz' political skills had declined however. He granted an interview in 1908 to James Creelman of Pearson's Magazine, a
popular U.S. publication, and stated that he thought Mexico was now ready for democracy and he hoped to have serious opposition if he ran for the presidency in the 1910 election. Perhaps he thought few Mexicans would ever read these words or perhaps he was trying to encourage his rivals to declare their political intentions. Whatever his reasons, the interview encouraged potential candidates to announce their presidential candidacies. Diaz could handle those in his employ, such as his nance minister, Jose Limantour, and General Bernardo Reyes, governor of the northern state of Nuevo Leon; he sent them off on foreign missions.
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Francisco
I. Madero, son of one of the nation's wealthiest families, was a different story.
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Francisco
I. Madero, son of one of the nation's wealthiest families, was a different story. Born and raised in the northern state of Coahuila, Madero had been sent to universities in France and the United States, where he had learned to admire political democracy.
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Francisco
I. Madero, son of one of the nation's wealthiest families, was a different story. Born and raised in the northern state of Coahuila, Madero had been sent to universities in France and the United States, where he had learned to admire political democracy. An idealist, Madero believed that Mexico, too, could be a democratic country if only it could rid itself of the scourge of electoral fraud and constant reelection.
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Francisco
I. Madero, son of one of the nation's wealthiest families, was a different story. Born and raised in the northern state of Coahuila, Madero had been sent to universities in France and the United States, where he had learned to admire political democracy. An idealist, Madero believed that Mexico, too, could be a democratic country if only it could rid itself of the scourge of electoral fraud and constant reelection. When he read the Creelman interview, he quickly wrote the book The Presidential Succession in 1910, in which he praised Diaz and argued that an honest election for vice president be held.
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Francisco
I. Madero, son of one of the nation's wealthiest families, was a different story. Born and raised in the northern state of Coahuila, Madero had been sent to universities in France and the United States, where he had learned to admire political democracy. An idealist, Madero believed that Mexico, too, could be a democratic country if only it could rid itself of the scourge of electoral fraud and constant reelection. When he read the Creelman interview, he quickly wrote the book The Presidential Succession in 1910, in which he praised Diaz and argued that an honest election for vice president be held. He ran as the candidate of the Anti-Reelection Party, demanding "sufragio efectivo, no reeleccion!"
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Diaz controlled that election as well. Just before the voting, Diaz threw Madero into jail.
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Diaz controlled that election as well. Just before the voting, Diaz threw Madero into jail. The government announced that Diaz had received one million votes whereas Madero had only received 196. The Madero family had more members, friends, and servants than that!
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Diaz controlled that election as well. Just before the voting, Diaz threw Madero into jail. The government announced that Diaz had received one million votes whereas Madero had only received 196. The Madero family had more members, friends, and servants than that! In October, after the nation had successfully celebrated the centennial of independence in September, 1910, Diaz let Madero out of jail.
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Diaz controlled that election as well. Just before the voting, Diaz threw Madero into jail. The government announced that Diaz had received one million votes whereas Madero had only received 196. The Madero family had more members, friends, and servants than that! In October, after the nation had successfully celebrated the centennial of independence in September, 1910, Diaz let Madero out of jail. Madero ed to the United States; issued his Plan de San Luis Potosi declaring himself the legitimate president and calling for a revolution to begin on November 20th.
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Porfiriato
The Mexican Revolution did not begin on November 20, 1910, when Madero
returned to Mexico; it began at different times and in different places.
Porfiriato
The Mexican Revolution did not begin on November 20, 1910, when Madero
returned to Mexico; it began at different times and in different places. Porrian Mexico, despite its patina of progress, was rotten to the core.
Porfiriato
The Mexican Revolution did not begin on November 20, 1910, when Madero
returned to Mexico; it began at different times and in different places. Porrian Mexico, despite its patina of progress, was rotten to the core. Ultimately, its stability depended upon the political skills of the dictator to outmaneuver and outank opponents, but the eighty-year-old Diaz had lost his touch.
Porfiriato
The Mexican Revolution did not begin on November 20, 1910, when Madero
returned to Mexico; it began at different times and in different places. Porrian Mexico, despite its patina of progress, was rotten to the core. Ultimately, its stability depended upon the political skills of the dictator to outmaneuver and outank opponents, but the eighty-year-old Diaz had lost his touch. He failed to recognize that the Madero candidacy signaled the rebellion of the Porrian elite.
Porfiriato
The Mexican Revolution did not begin on November 20, 1910, when Madero
returned to Mexico; it began at different times and in different places. Porrian Mexico, despite its patina of progress, was rotten to the core. Ultimately, its stability depended upon the political skills of the dictator to outmaneuver and outank opponents, but the eighty-year-old Diaz had lost his touch. He failed to recognize that the Madero candidacy signaled the rebellion of the Porrian elite. He little understood the deep resentments of peasants, workers, nationalists, anticlericals, and democrats. Nor did he correctly gauge the ambitions of his subordinates and generals. !!!!!!!!! In late 1910 and early 1911, various men--such as Emiliano Zapata in Morelos, Pascual Orozco and Pancho Villa in Chihuahua--raised the standard of revolt.
Porfiriato
Porfiriato
The abby national army could not suppress the rebellions occurring across
the nation. In desperation he tried to negotiate with the Madero family, promising reform if he could stay in ofce. This confession of weakness sealed his fate. Many supporters became opponents.
Porfiriato
The abby national army could not suppress the rebellions occurring across
the nation. In desperation he tried to negotiate with the Madero family, promising reform if he could stay in ofce. This confession of weakness sealed his fate. Many supporters became opponents. Diaz resigned on May 25, 1911 and sailed to Europe.
Porfiriato
The abby national army could not suppress the rebellions occurring across
the nation. In desperation he tried to negotiate with the Madero family, promising reform if he could stay in ofce. This confession of weakness sealed his fate. Many supporters became opponents. Diaz resigned on May 25, 1911 and sailed to Europe. Legend has it that his parting words were that "Madero has unleashed the tiger; let's see if he can tame it."
Porfiriato
The abby national army could not suppress the rebellions occurring across
the nation. In desperation he tried to negotiate with the Madero family, promising reform if he could stay in ofce. This confession of weakness sealed his fate. Many supporters became opponents. Diaz resigned on May 25, 1911 and sailed to Europe. Legend has it that his parting words were that "Madero has unleashed the tiger; let's see if he can tame it." He died in Paris on July 2, 1915. No one in Mexico built monuments to him then or since. He is remembered as one of the great villains of Mexican history.
Sources
Sources
David Hannay,! Diaz. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1917. [pp. 1-5
Sources
David Hannay,! Diaz. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1917. [pp. 1-5 Carleton Beals,! Porrio Diaz, Dictator of Mexico.! Philadelphia: J. P.
Lippincott, 1932. [pp. 26, 34-49]
Sources
David Hannay,! Diaz. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1917. [pp. 1-5 Carleton Beals,! Porrio Diaz, Dictator of Mexico.! Philadelphia: J. P.
Lippincott, 1932. [pp. 26, 34-49] Michael Meyer and William Sherman,! The Course of Mexican History, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. [pp. 414, 433-434, 437]
Sources
David Hannay,! Diaz. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1917. [pp. 1-5 Carleton Beals,! Porrio Diaz, Dictator of Mexico.! Philadelphia: J. P.
Lippincott, 1932. [pp. 26, 34-49] Michael Meyer and William Sherman,! The Course of Mexican History, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. [pp. 414, 433-434, 437] !!!!!
Sources
David Hannay,! Diaz. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1917. [pp. 1-5 Carleton Beals,! Porrio Diaz, Dictator of Mexico.! Philadelphia: J. P.
Lippincott, 1932. [pp. 26, 34-49] Michael Meyer and William Sherman,! The Course of Mexican History, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. [pp. 414, 433-434, 437] !!!!! Further Reading:
Sources
David Hannay,! Diaz. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1917. [pp. 1-5 Carleton Beals,! Porrio Diaz, Dictator of Mexico.! Philadelphia: J. P.
Lippincott, 1932. [pp. 26, 34-49] Michael Meyer and William Sherman,! The Course of Mexican History, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. [pp. 414, 433-434, 437] !!!!! Further Reading:
Daniel Cosio Villegas, The United States Versus Porrio Diaz. Translated by Nettie Lee Benson. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1963.
Sources
David Hannay,! Diaz. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1917. [pp. 1-5 Carleton Beals,! Porrio Diaz, Dictator of Mexico.! Philadelphia: J. P.
Lippincott, 1932. [pp. 26, 34-49] Michael Meyer and William Sherman,! The Course of Mexican History, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. [pp. 414, 433-434, 437] !!!!! Further Reading:
Daniel Cosio Villegas, The United States Versus Porrio Diaz. Translated by Nettie Lee Benson. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1963. Laurens Ballard Perry, Juarez and Diaz: Machine Politics in Mexico. DeKalb:! Northern Illinois University Press, 1978.
Sources
David Hannay,! Diaz. New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1917. [pp. 1-5 Carleton Beals,! Porrio Diaz, Dictator of Mexico.! Philadelphia: J. P.
Lippincott, 1932. [pp. 26, 34-49] Michael Meyer and William Sherman,! The Course of Mexican History, 3rd Ed. New York: Oxford University Press, 1987. [pp. 414, 433-434, 437] !!!!! Further Reading:
Daniel Cosio Villegas, The United States Versus Porrio Diaz. Translated by Nettie Lee Benson. Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press, 1963. Laurens Ballard Perry, Juarez and Diaz: Machine Politics in Mexico. DeKalb:! Northern Illinois University Press, 1978. Alan Knight, The Mexican Revolution. 2 vols. London: Cambridge University Press, 1986.