THE U.S. AND THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION:
SESSION I
FEBRUARY 10, 2012
SESSION II
FEBRUARY 17, 2012
SESSION III
FEBRUARY 24, 2012
MAP OF PERSHING'S "PUNITIVE EXPEDITION"
(This map is from a Wikipedia site. The squares on the map and the numbers
at the bottom refer to engagements between Villistas and Americans.
Further details can be found at the link "Pancho Villa Expedition" at
the bottom of the Wikipedia page)
INTERESTING READINGS:
JOHN REED IN THE MASSES JUNE 1914
MARK E. BENBOW, "ALL THE BRAINS I CAN BORROW:
WOODROW WILSON AND INTELLIGENCE GATHERING
Time Line of Mexican Revolution, 1910-1917
1910
July 8 -- Porfirio Diaz reelected president
Nov. 20-- Francisco Madero returns from exile in the U.S.
1911
May 25 -- Diaz resigns as president
October -- Madero elected president
1912
Nov. -- Woodrow Wilson elected president
1913
Feb. 9-18 -- "Ten Tragic Days" Huerta and Felix Diaz overthrow Madero
Feb. 23 -- Madero murdered by Huerta's men
March 23 -- Pancho Villa returns from exile in U.S., declares war on Huerta
March 28 -- Venustiano Carranza issues Plan of Guadalupe and declares himself " First Chief of the Constitutional Army"
Aug. 27 -- Woodrow Wilson declares policy of "watchful waiting" in addreses to joint session of Congress
1914
April 10 -- Huerista general arrests American sailors
April 20 -- Wilson asks for authority to use force against Mexican regime
April 21-- U.S. lands forces at Veracruz to intercept arms shipment
July 14 -- Huerta resigns and flees to Spain
Sept. 23 -- Villa declares war on Carranza
November 23 -- Last U.S. forces leave Veracruz
1915
June-Sept. -- Villa is defeated by Obregon at Leon, takes refuge in Chihuahua
October 19 -- U.S. and six Latin American nations recognize Carranza government
Nov. 1 -- Villa's forces defeated at Agua Prieta (U.S. provides transport to Carranza troops)
1916
Jan. 11 -- Villa's men kill 16 American mining engineers on train in Chihuahua
March 9 -- Villa's men raid Columbus, New Mexico killing 19 Americans
March 15 -- Gen. John J. Pershing crosses border on "Punitive Expedition"
April 12 -- Skirmish between Pershing's forces and Carranza troops at Parral
June 21 -- Battle at Carrizal -- 23 Americans taken prisoner by Carrancistas
1917
Jan. 27 -- U.S. forces start to withdraw from Mexico
Jan. 31 -- New radical Mexican constitution promulgated
Feb. 5 -- Last of Punitive Expedition forces exit Mexico
March 11 -- Carranza elected president
March 13 -- U.S. accords full diplomatic recognition to Carranza government
