ABSTRACT
The most important agrarian states are situated in the Mesa Central, that is Mexico, Michoacan, and Aguas Calientes. The numerous towns and villages of the old Aztec kingdom were rapidly divided up among the conquerors, whereupon the governors seized the opportunity of themselves collecting the taxes. The necessity for agrarian reform constituted the principal motive of Madero's revolution against Diaz. The Federal Congress in Mexico has endeavoured to introduce a general agrarian law for all the federated states. The misfortune is that the reform at which the revolution rightly aimed gave rise to numerous abuses and seizures. In many cases land was given to Spanish warriors as a reward for services: to the infantry, so-called "peonias," and to the cavalry, so-called "caballerias." The slogan " The land for the people " had, on the other hand, a great effect.
