To what extent did Mexican peasants achieve what they hoped for in the Mexican Revolution? Why?

TO WHAT EXTENT DID MEXICAN PEASANTS ACHIEVE WHAT THEY HOPED FOR IN THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION

An important point in the Mexican history was marked in 1910 with the revolution which rocked the country . The conflict was important to all Mexicans regardless of the social class and status . It displayed discontent which normally exists within the lower social classes which cannot be expressed but through the use of revolution . Articles 27 and 123 which are very vital to the constitution of Mexico came as a result of political forces which pressed the powers

of government at that time Article 27 barred foreigners from owning sub soil resources or many lands . As has been the case , the capitalistic mode of governing allowed foreigners to own huge tracks of land at the expense of natives who could only offer their labor and nothing else to celebrate . In Mexico foreigners owned large pieces of land while the natives were mostly peasants . Article 27 also put measures which ensured equitable land distribution for Mexicans . Article 123 on the other hand guaranteed rights for wage earners which did not exist before . These articles came as a response to the social conditions of peasants . Some scholars have argued that the aim of these reforms was to make villages self sufficient

The Mexican Revolution , it is argued , was the only way through which the peasants could have been heard . The two articles were included in the constitution due to the pressure which was put on the legislature by revolutionaries like Zapata . The Mexican President 's position was that the representative government 's power was of more importance than the people 's economic well being . With regard to this , it was within the power of the peasants to push for reforms since they did not expect that the government will give them an upper hand when drawing national economic policies . In other words , the needs of the peasants were not given priority by the Mexican government . Their needs were placed below the governments desires . The committee which was to study and report the needs of the farmers was largely made up of upper class citizens who presented biased views . This committee made of lawyers and other upper class citizens could not understand the real situation that farmers faced , especially the peasants hence their focus was the on the large scale farmers of whom they belonged to the same class . Thus , the decisions and analysis of these bourgeoisies was not representative of the Mexican people especially the peasants . However , their policies were to affect the entire Mexican population

The majority who saw the social and economic adjustments as a strong force of peasants who hitherto were not given a voice had a point . Thus those who wielded power were not willing to solve problems that they felt did not exist . The upper ruling class were not in touch with the lower class members of the society . Change hence rested entirely in the hands of the lower class who had to...