Causes of the Mexican Revolution The dictatorship-like rule of Porfirio Diaz for over 30 years Exploitation and poor treatment of workers Great disparity between rich and poor. After The Mexican Revolution was over Guadalupe.V was first president. I think.Indians and Mestizos led by Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla fought against Spanish rule CREOLE PEOPLE- Ethnic groups which originated from creolisation, cultural and racial mixing between colonial-era emigrants from Europe with non-European peoples 1810 Stage 1