Pancho Villa and Emiliano Zapata played an intricate role in the Mexican Revolution. They fought for the rights of the Mexican people and helped them overthrow their dictator, Porfirio Diaz.(Foster,161) They were an inspiration to their countrymen, which proudly fought alongside them.

For the most part of Mexico's history, a small percentage of the country controlled the wealth and power, and a large percentage of people lived in poverty. The gap between the poor people and rich people grew under the leadership of dictator Porfirio Diaz. Opposition to Diaz surfaced when Francisco Madero declared himself provisional president of Mexico. At the time of his declaration, Madero lived in San Antonio, Texas. Madero was part of the upper class. He was educated in Paris and at the University of California.

Madero's family owned large estates as well as factories and mines. Since he had liberal thinking, he provided...