Page 2Months before the Xochimilco Pact, in July 1914, the rebels had achieved their goal, defeating the dictator Victoriano Huerta, who had betrayed them and gave the order to kill President Francisco I. Madero. However, once they won, they were left without a common enemy, so they fought for the power the country would take.
Page 3Venustiano Carranza wanted to restore legal order but without making any social changes, while Francisco Villa and Emiliano Zapata demanded immediate justice for the lower classes. Francisco Viila and Emiliano Zapata
Page 4To try to solve these differences and avoid a new war, a meeting was held in October 1914, where they voted to dismiss Carranza as head of the revolution. Carranza refused to accept the orders of the convention, ignored the agreement, and went to Veracruz to set up his government.
Page 5On December 4, 1914, was when de Xochimilco pact was created, both leaders saw each other in person for the first time in Xochimilco.
Page 6They signed their pact not only to coordinate how they were going to attack Carranza's army, but also to seal a class alliance in which rural, popular, and peasant Mexico united to defend its ideals against Carranza's political project.
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Venustiano Carranza wanted to restore legal order but without making any social changes, while Francisco Villa and Emiliano Zapata demanded immediate justice for the lower classes.