Amanda's Comments:
“Written in 1915, the clash of revolutionary forces…” [I might just reaffirm what these opposing forces are for the person who doesn’t want to read the Mexican Revolution article]
“Drafting the Plan” section – promoted the theory (not promote the theory)
“Fighting between the Diaz government…” I think this needs to be introduced just a tiny bit also
“Exploiting the unrest in South Texas, the Mexican government under Carranza supported the Plan of San Diego.” I would make it explicitly clear how Carranza’s support of the Plan was tied to exploiting the influx of Mexicans and the unrest that pre-existed prior to the launch of the Plan.
“Another theory insists that Victoriano Huerta, another leader of a Mexican faction vying for governmental control in the Mexican Revolution, was the benefactor behind the plan.” I might suggest introducing above that there is historical disagreement over who was behind plan. There isn’t any indication of conflict in historical consciousness over this point in your piece.
I think the convention is to put footnotes after periods but I may be wrong. Just a small note.
“Uprising section” – The first raids under the Plan of San Diego were conducted in July 1915, five months after the agreed start date of February 20th. I think you should say why if you’re going to mention that fact.
Quick question: if the Plan was started for point of adding to the Mexican nation / reclaiming what they had lost, why did the raids stop when Woodrow Wilson recognized Carranza as the legitimate leader? Were they out of manpower? Were other conflicts occurring in Mexico? Was it all just a front to get Carranza legitimized?
I liked the rest, especially the point about Poncho Villa and how the US learned from their experiences with the Plan of San Fransisco to not just accept Mexican terms but to escalate tensions into war – that’s a very US thing to do ☺. The “American reaction” section shows the impact the event had at large. The only thing I would do is explain the line at the beginning of your article, “The Plan of San Francisco resulted in 21 American deaths, millions of acres of destroyed property…” I was more impressed by the figure of millions of acres of property being destroyed than the 21 deaths which, with the advent of WWI occurring at around the same, is a lower figure comparatively. I’d want to know what kinds of lands were lost, by whom, and what reaction it generated. I might also inject commentary about whether the US government was too distracted to really care about things happening in the Southwest due to the climate of WWI.
Other than that, I love it, you obviously put TLC into this article! Rating: 4 Good quality of documentation Smooth chronological order that was easy to follow Used a lovely image