Before the 1910 Mexican Revolution, most land in post-independence Mexico was owned by wealthy Mexicans and foreigners, with small holders and Indigenous communities possessing little productive land. During the colonial era, the Spanish crown protected holdings of Indigenous communities that were mostly engaged in subsistence agriculture to countervail the encomienda and repartimiento systems.
Before the 1910 Mexican Revolution, most land in post-independence Mexico was owned by wealthy Mexicans and foreigners, with small holders and Indigenous communities possessing little productive land. During the colonial era, the Spanish crown protected holdings of Indigenous communities that were mostly engaged in subsistence agriculture to countervail the encomienda and repartimiento systems.
Source: Wikipedia "Land reform in Mexico" · CC BY-SA 4.0
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