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the mexican revolution was lead by Francisco I. Madero against longtime autocrat Porfirio Díaz.
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Madero sings the Treaty of Ciudad Juárez with Diaz.
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hen Zapata met with President Madero on July 12, 1911, he was accompanied by his troops.
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Gen. meeting with the president.
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When United States intelligence agents discovered that the German merchant ship Ypiranga was carrying illegal arms to Huerta, President Wilson ordered troops to the port of Veracruz to stop the ship from docking.
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Venustiano Carranza became president in 1914, after the overthrow of the Huerta government. He was driven out of Mexico City by Villa and Zapata in December 1914, but later gained the support of the masses by the development of a program of social and agrarian reform.
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In 1915 Villa took part in two of the most important battles of the revolution, that together are known as Battle of Celaya, which occurred from April 6–7 and from April 13–15. He attacked the forces of Gen.
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In 1916, the revolution was drawing to a close.
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after 10 years of battle the war was over.
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Villa was assassinated by a group of seven gunmen who ambushed him while he was sitting in the back seat of his car.
