LAMS 252 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Dependency Theory, Nueces River, Hacienda
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Plan of ayala- document by emiliano zapata rejecting francisco. Madero as president, called for free elections once country was stabilized, gave land to townships and citizens rather than all being owned by hacendados, named pascual orozco as leader of the revolution. Ejidos- in mexico, the communal farmland of a village, usually assigned in small parcels to the villagers to be farmed under a federally supported system of communal land tenure. Porfirio d az- president of mexico for 34 years, period known as. Porfiriato, his period of leadership marked by internal stability, modernization and economic growth; seen as a dictator: his rule benefited elites that followed him and some investors. Victoriano huerta- mexican military officer and president of mexico, established a harsh military dictatorship; eventually resigned after repeated army defeats by obreg n and villa. Pancho villa- caudillo (leader) of chihuahua, seized hacienda land for distribution to peasants and soldiers.
