Once the convention was in session after disputes about delegates, delegates reviewed Carranza's draft constitution. That document was a minor revision of the 1857 constitution and included none of the social, economic, and political demands for which revolutionary forces fought and died. The convention was divided between conservatives, mostly politicians who had supported Madero and then Carranza, and progressives, who were soldiers who had fought in revolutionary battles. The progressives, deemed radical Jacobins by the conservatives, "sought to integrate deep political and social reforms into the political structure of the country."Gilly, The Mexican Revolution, 232. making principles for which many of the revolutionaries had fought into law.
Once the convention was in session after disputes about delegates delegates reviewed Carranza's draft constitution That document was a minor revision of the 1857 constitution and included none of the social economic and political demands for which revolutionary forces fought and died The convention was divided between conservatives mostly politicians who had supported Madero and then Carranza and progressives who were soldiers who had fought in revolutionary battles The progressives deemed radical Jacobins by the conservatives "sought to integrate deep political and social reforms into the political structure of the country"Gilly The Mexican Revolution 232 making principles for which many of the revolutionaries had fought into law