The Mexican Revolution started in 1910, when civilians began to question the rule of Porfirio Díaz, who had been in power since 1877, a term called El Porfiriato. Diaz violating the principles and ideals such as unequal distribution of land, entrenched economic inequality, and undemocratic institutions. In 1908 Diaz said that welcomed the democratization. Months later, he enrages Mexico with his hypocrisy once again by running for his seventh reelection as president in 1910. Francisco Madero, an idealistic liberal from an upper-class family, kicks starts the beginning of the revolution. He directly contradicts Diaz by running for the election resulting in his imprisonment. Following the illegal election, rebels start to rise from all parts of Mexico.
A number of civilians through out Mexico, led by revolutionaries including Francisco Madero, Pascual Orozco, Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata, participated in the long and bloody conflict.
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