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Mexican Revolution

  • People start making progress to start the war

    People start making progress to start the war
    Francisco Madero persuades Pascual Orozco and Franco Villa to join the revolution. Franco Villa is alos called Pancho. This happened in late 1910.
  • The first captured city

    The first captured city
    Orozco and Villa capture Ciudad Juárez (this city is close to the city of El Paso). This was the first city to be captured.
  • First chief of the fight is elected

    First chief of the fight is elected
    Venustiano Carranza, governor of Coahuila, is declared First Chief in the fight against Huerta. Alvaro Obregón leads Carranza's army.
  • world war 1 starts

    world war 1 starts
    World War I starts in Europe. United States leaves Veracruz and joins the war.
  • The president flees

    The president flees
    Huerta resigns as President and flees to Europe on a German ship.
  • Another city captured

    Another city captured
    Zacatecas captured by Villa's División del Norte armed force.
  • Forces led into Mexico

    Forces led into Mexico
    General John J. Pershing leads a force into Mexico in a futile search for Villa.
  • Mexico adopts a constitution

    Mexico adopts a constitution
    Mexico adopts the Constitution of 1917, claiming rights over the subsoil, instituting new regulations to benefit organized labor and decreeing sanctions against the Catholic Church.
  • An ambush

    An ambush
    Description Emiliano Zapata Salazar "main leader" slain in an ambush.
  • End of the Mexican Revloution

    End of the Mexican Revloution
    The end date is unclear some say that it is 1920,or 1917,or 1940