Biography
Zapata rose in Morelos against landowners and against governments that postponed land reform. The Plan of Ayala became the agrarian charter of the Mexican Revolution. He was assassinated in 1919.
North America · 1900–1950
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Primary revolution
Emiliano Zapata
Mexican Revolution
Leader of the southern peasant army whose demand was the return of village land.
Life
1879–1919
1879–1919
Place
Cuautla, Mexico
Cuautla, Mexico
Years
1910–1920
1910–1920
Map
18.8125, -98.9548
18.8125, -98.9548
Revolution
Theme. Land · Village autonomy
Key figures. Pancho Villa, Francisco Madero
Outcome. The old dictatorship fell and land reform entered the 1917 constitution.
Casualties. The decade of civil war killed around a million people.
Influence. The global image of the agrarian revolutionary.