Mexico. The PRI (<em>Partido Revolucionario Institucional) </em>was the leading political party in Mexico since 1929 until the decade of 1980. It became into the main political power for these almost 70 years, when due to economic crisis, unemployment and also, the pressure from political minorities, led to the introduction of different measures to distribute the political power in order to restore the credibility of Mexican democracy, which had been questioned by the time. This change led to a progressive transformation of the Mexican government.
Many laborer's died, which devastated families through lost means of survival and caused personal suffering; landowners who used laborer's as tenant farmers were also affected.
These acts affected the lives of colonists because they were being treated as if they were still under the king’s rule. They had to house soldiers and pay taxes that went to the king although they weren’t living there anymore.
