Had a ranch in Mexico 60,000 acres (the size of Rhode Island) Villa and his men were really hard to catch Wilson government in USA backs Carranza, cutting off support to Villaġ916- Villa robs a train near Texas- Mexican borderĢ months later Villa 'invades' Columbus, NM- 17 more Americans killed Wilson secretly begins sending things arming Mexican rebelsĬarranza and Villa both want to be boss- they go to war with each other
Madero was a good friend and college roommate of Wilson
Pre 1910: Small groups controlled most of the $ (95% - 1%) everyone else were basically peasants From 1819-1910- series of military leaders and dictators
