| Résumé: | This paper seeks to foreground the importance of the north in the development of the Revolution, a north which was not unified. On the contrary, there were profound differences and conflicts between groups, especially among those in the north. Regional elites played a relevant role in the situation, and in spite of some moments of convergence, it was the struggles between the most powerful groups –from among which rose the architects of the new State– which determined the course of the armed movement. The essay also discusses the different aspects of the relation with the western US: this region supplied weapons –an already well- known fact–, but it also provided a market for Mexican products and, therefore, an income to sustain the troops. The said region was experiencing a process of population growth and very serious struggles between some entities. Among other issues, the struggles were about the possibility of expanding the US territory towards Mexico, particularly the peninsula of Baja California. The US invasions in Mexico, in 1914 and 1916-1917, gave a nationalist turn to the revolutionary process.
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