Emiliano Zapata

By: Henry Uehling

August 8, 1879

• He was born in Anenecuilco, Mexico• He trained and sold horses for a living• His family was middle class• www.wikipedia.com

This is a map of Mexico. In this map you may be able to see the city of Anenecuilco.

1906

• He appeared in bullfighting and in rodeos.• He attended a meeting in Cuautla to discuss a

way to defend the people.• The land that the wanted to defend was the

land that he worked on.• www.wikipedia.com

This is Zapata in his early age was a master in horses and this shows a transition of him going from being a young horse person to a leader.

1908

• Does his first act of rebellion.• He was drafted into the Ninth Regiment and

sent to Cuernavaca.• Because of his skills with horses, he was only a

soldier for sixth months.• After that he was hired by Ignacio de la Torre.

to groom horses.• www.wikipedia.com

This is Zapata’s group. This is just a very small portion because he had much more.

1909

• Emiliano Zapata was elected president of his village.

• Zapata and other peasants occupied land by force.

• The land had been owned by the Haciendas. Then Zapata divided the land among him and his fellow peasants.

• He tried to negotiate with them.

This is a photograph of him. This is the most famous of his pictures. It is very popular.

1911

• Zapata’s force took over the city of Cuautla and closed the road to Mexico City.

• One week later Diaz resigned and left for Europe, appointing a provisional president.

• Zapata with 5,000 men, entered Cuernavaca, capital of the state of Morelos.

• www.biography.com

This is the city of Cuernavaca. This is the city that he entered with 5,000 men to take over.

November 1911

• Zapata and colleagues wrote the Plan of Ayala.

• This plan is a denunciation of Madero. • It was also a manifesto of Zapatismo and what

it stood for.• www.latinamericanhistory.aboutcom.

This is his master plan to counteract the Madero’s document. This was eight years before he died.

1914

• Emiliano Zapata’s armies occupied the Mexican Capital.

• Alvaro Obregon led his troops to Mexico City.• Zapata turned southward into Morelos while

Villa withdrew to the north.• www.latinamericanhistory.aboutcom.

This Emiliano Zapata’s home town. Now it is more poplar and much larger. This is a market.

April 10, 1919

• Emiliano Zapata was ambushed.• He was killed at Chinameca.• Some say he was not dead though.• www.biography.com

This is Emiliano zapata after he was ambushed and killed. He was being held by his comrades in his deadness.

•The End• Extra-He was painted in the “History of Mexico” by Diego Revira