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(6 pp) Mexican people were fighting for an
individual determination of their lives within
their own country. They were bucking not only the
historic Spanish tradition of the patron, but the
dominance of the Church, and America's need to
keep her fingers in all capitalistic pies -
particularly when the government began
nationalizing resources and services.
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services. Bibliography lists 2 sources. BBmexrev.doc THE MEXICAN REVOLUTION Written by B. Bryan Babcock for the Paperstore, Inc.,
March 2001 Introduction / History It is 1917 - time for a new constitution in the Mexican government. The last one passed in 1857, met with almost immediate
approval. Times are different now. After two months of bitter and ideological wrangling, the Constitution is finalized. But this time the state and the welfare of the
society have been given supremacy over the individual. This actually gives the state or the government a blanket permission to "reconstruct" as they see fit (http://www.rvcschools.org/HighSchool/historyreview/mex%20revolution.htm). Now the key issues
in the Constitution are land, labor and religion. Potentially this put a crimp in foreign capitalistic investment; as the government took over ownership of resources and services. Labor
was granted the right to have a minimum wage and could form unions if desired. In a historical break with tradition the Church was excluded from the role of
elementary educator. Members of the clergy were given licenses, and the number of those was allocated by population area. Activities of the clergy were restricted: a minister
or a priest could not vote, hold public office or officially criticize the government. The government also determined that no non-national could hold any type of religious position within
the country. Outside involvement We could say that the Constitution of 1917 was the beginning of Mexicos attempt to reduce foreign involvement. Of course it was the United States
that had its fingers in most of the "capitalistic pies," in the country. The Roman Catholic Church and the oil companies were far from happy with these new restrictions,
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