Pancho Villa & The Mexican Revolution
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View ArticleHow an Exile Brought Chewing Gum to America
Everyone loves chewing gum! And the reason this treat is so popular in America is all thanks to an exiled Mexican President.Everyone loves chewing gum! And the reason this treat is so popular in...
View ArticleStruggle for Mexican Independence
8 U.S. states exist on land that used to belong to Mexico. Learn more about Mexico's history!
View ArticleAsk HISTORY: What does it mean to "draw a line in the sand"?
Where does this common expression come from? Get the full story.
View ArticleDeconstructing History: Alamo
It has become the site and symbol of the battle for Texan independence, but there is much more to the story. Find out why Americans will always remember the Alamo.
View ArticleRussian revolutionary Leon Trotsky assassinated in Mexico
Exiled Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky is fatally wounded by an ice-ax-wielding assassin at his compound outside Mexico City. The killer—Ramón Mercader—was a Spanish communist and probable agent of...
View ArticleStruggle for Mexican Independence
On September 16, 1810, a progressive priest named Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla became the father of Mexican independence with a historic proclamation urging his fellow Mexicans to take up arms against the...
View ArticleLeading Mexican presidential candidate assassinated
Luis Donaldo Colosio, Mexico’s ruling party’s presidential candidate, is gunned down during a campaign rally in the northern border town of Tijuana.As a member of the Institutional Revolutionary Party...
View ArticleRevolutionary leader Emiliano Zapata assassinated in Mexico
Emiliano Zapata, a leader of peasants and Indigenous people during the Mexican Revolution, is ambushed and shot to death in Morelos by government forces.Born a peasant in 1879, Zapata was forced into...
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The Alamo
The Battle of the Alamo during Texas’ war for independence from Mexico lasted thirteen days, from February 23, 1836-March 6, 1836. In December of 1835, a group of Texan volunteer soldiers had occupied...
View ArticleMexican War of Independence begins
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launches the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores, or “Cry of Dolores.” The revolutionary tract, so-named because it was...
View ArticleTexas militia routs Mexicans in the Battle of San Jacinto
During the Texan War for Independence, the Texas militia under Sam Houston launches a surprise attack against the forces of Mexican General Santa Anna along the San Jacinto River. The Mexicans were...
View ArticleOutnumbered Mexican army defeats French at Battle of Puebla
During the French-Mexican War (1861-1867), an outnumbered Mexican army defeats a powerful invading French force at Puebla. The retreat of the French troops at the Battle of Puebla represented a great...
View ArticleSpain accepts Mexican independence
Eleven years after the outbreak of the Mexican War of Independence, Spanish Viceroy Juan de O’Donojú signs the Treaty of Córdoba, which approves a plan to make Mexico an independent constitutional...
View ArticleSouthern U.S. border established
James Gadsden, the U.S. minister to Mexico, and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, the president of Mexico, sign the Gadsden Purchase in Mexico City. The treaty settled the dispute over the location...
View ArticleU.S. General John J. Pershing attacked by Mexican troops
The controversial U.S. military expedition against Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa brings the United States and Mexico closer to war when Mexican government troops attack U.S. Brigadier General John...
View ArticleMexican constitution proclaimed
After seven years of revolution and civil upheaval, Mexican President Venustiano Carranza proclaims the modern Mexican constitution, which promises the restoration of lands to native peoples, the...
View ArticleMexico Timeline
From the stone cities of the Maya to the might of the Aztecs, from its conquest by Spain to its rise as a modern nation, Mexico boasts a rich history and cultural heritage spanning more than 10,000...
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Zacatecas
La Toma de Zacatecas (The Taking of Zacatecas) wasthe largest and bloodiest battle of the Mexican Revolution. Once a center for silver mining, Zacatecas has earned a reputation as an agricultural...
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Yucatán
Mayans flourished and established one of their greatest cities, Chichén Itzá, in what is now Yucatán. Because it was relatively isolated from the rest of Mexico until recently, the state developed its...
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