The Mexican Revolution began on November 20, 1910. It is arguable that it spanned up to two decades and caused the deaths of more than 900,000 people. This revolution, however, also ended the dictatorship in Mexico and restored the rights of agricultural workers, or peons, and its citizens. Revolutions often happen because a large group of individuals want to see change. These beings decided to be the change they wanted to see and risked many things, including their lives. Francisco “Pancho” Villa and Emiliano Zapata are the main revolutionaries remembered. These figures of the revolution took on the responsibility that came with this title. Their main goal was to regain the rights that people deserved. The peons believed they deserved the land they worked on. These workers rose up in vehement conflict against those who opposed and oppressed them. The United States was also significantly affected by this war because anyone who did not want to fight left the country and emigrated north. While the end of the revolution can be considered in the year 1917 with the drafting of a new constitution, the fighting did not culminate until the 1930s. solution in sight. This leads to the citizens of that nation causing a war. According to PBS, land was allocated to the Mexican people and given to the wealthiest landowners, and no Mexican could own land without the proper legal documents. The Mexican Revolution began in 1910 when citizens began to doubt their dictator, Porfirio Díaz. In 1908 he stated in an interview that by 1910 the people could expect clean elections. Therefore Francisco I. Madero, a wealthy landowner, collected a small...... middle of paper......Bibliography"Characteristics of the Mexican Revolution." PBS. PBS and Web. November 21, 2013. PBS provided information on the figures of the Revolution. "The Mexican Revolution: November 20, 1910 | EDSITEment." The Mexican Revolution: November 20, 1910 | EDSITE. Edsitement and Web. November 23, 2013. This website provides information about events and battles that occurred at that time."Untitled document." Mexican Revolution. Np, nd Web. 09 November 2013.Coria, Teresa. "A citizen's point of view." Telephone interview. November 18, 2013.This interview allowed me to see the revolution from the perspective of someone who was there."El Corrido Mexicano." El Corrido Mexicano La Cucaracha Comments. Np, nd Web. November 16, 2013This song from the Mexican Revolution era puts into perspective for me how things were back then and how citizens understood why they wanted to be president.