In 1994, a civil war took place when the Mexican government made a free trade agreement with the United State. In order to prepare for the deal with the United States, the Mexican government tries to privatize communal lands and permits individual ownership. In order to protect their land, the peasants or farmers formed a group called Zapatistas to stand up against the Mexican government. They afraid they might lose their lands to rich owners and become slaves. Their idea of how land should be managed is that their land shouldn’t be control by the government or anyone else, but themselves. In response to zapatistas’ demands, the government of Mexico fight back, but in the end the Mexican government was fallen to their knees. The victims were