 The rebellion has been variously interpreted as a major event in the struggle between church and state that dates back to the 19th century with the War of Reform, as the last major peasant uprising in Mexico after the end of the military phase of the Mexican Revolution in 1920, and as an counter-revolutionary uprising by prosperous peasants and urban elites against the revolution's agrarian reforms.The Mexican Revolution remains the largest conflict in Mexican history.The overthrow of the dictator Porfirio Díaz unleashed disorder, with many contending factions and regions.