Hispanic Heros
Everybody loves to learn about the Mexican revolution. People like to learn about how they fought for and won their independence. I always hear about some persons named that played a role in the revolution, but I never really hear of many. Nobody talks a lot about the guys who helped win on the sidelines. The people that gave everything they had to help Mexico win its independence. They are not really famous, but you never know, without their help Mexico might have lost. They’re Mexican Revolutionaries that made me want to learn about Mexican American History. People like Emiliano Zapata, Dolores Jimenez y Muro, Gildardo Magana, and Pancho Villa. Although most things they did were unlawful it was still in the name of their country. They did it to fight for their country and protect it. Their courageousness and determination are amazing, and it’s one of the reasons why Mexico won its independence.
One Mexican Revolutionary was Emiliano Zapata. He was born on August 8th, 1879, to a father who was of mixed ancestry “who trained and sold horses” (Emiliano 1994 par.2). His father died when Zapata was seventeen years old. He then had to assume the role of father to his younger siblings. His first time being arrested was in 1897, when he was caught protesting against the owner of the main house on a plantation where he lived. He was forced to join the army after “he continued agitation among the peasants” (par. 2). After six months he was mustered out of the army to train a landowner’s horse. He was considered a person that could protect his people and was appointed “president of the board of defense for his village” (par. 2). After constantly trying to level with the landowners and not succeeding, they took things into their own hands:
Zapata and a group of peasants occupied by force took the land that had been appropriated by the haciendas and distributed it among themselves. (par. 2)
This action was the start of his revolutionary acts. When a man named Francisco
One Mexican Revolutionary was Emiliano Zapata. He was born on August 8th, 1879, to a father who was of mixed ancestry “who trained and sold horses” (Emiliano 1994 par.2). His father died when Zapata was seventeen years old. He then had to assume the role of father to his younger siblings. His first time being arrested was in 1897, when he was caught protesting against the owner of the main house on a plantation where he lived. He was forced to join the army after “he continued agitation among the peasants” (par. 2). After six months he was mustered out of the army to train a landowner’s horse. He was considered a person that could protect his people and was appointed “president of the board of defense for his village” (par. 2). After constantly trying to level with the landowners and not succeeding, they took things into their own hands:
Zapata and a group of peasants occupied by force took the land that had been appropriated by the haciendas and distributed it among themselves. (par. 2)
This action was the start of his revolutionary acts. When a man named Francisco
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