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The Mexican Revolution (Spanish: Revolución mexicana) was an extended sequence of armed regional conflicts in Mexico from 20 November 1910 to 1 December 1920.[6][7][8] It has been called "the defining event of modern Mexican history".[9] It saw the destruction of the Federal Army, its replacement by a revolutionary army,[10] and the transformation of Mexican culture and government. The northern Constitutionalist faction prevailed on the battlefield and drafted the present-day Constitution of Mexico, which aimed to create a strong central government. Revolutionary generals held power from 1920 to 1940.[8][11] The revolutionary conflict was primarily a civil war, but foreign powers, having important economic and strategic interests in Mexico, figured in the outcome of Mexico's power struggles; the U.S. involvement was particularly high.[12][13] The conflict led to the deaths of around one million people, mostly non-combatants. Although the decades-long regime of President Porfirio Díaz (

Mexican Revolution - Wikipedia Jump to content From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Nationwide armed struggle in Mexico (1910–1920) For Mexico's war with Spain in 1810–1821, see Mexican War of Independence . Mexican Revolution Part of the Banana Wars and World War I proxy conflicts From left to right and top to bottom: Huertista troops insurging against President Francisco Madero, Ten Tragic Days , 1913 A man posing near a bullet-ridden house in Ciudad Juárez , ca. 1910–15 Madero arrives in Mexico City , 1913 A child soldier, El Niño artillero (Antonio Gómez Delgado), 10 years old, enlisted o

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