In October 1914, during the Mexican Revolution, Aguascalientes was chosen as the venue for the Revolutionary Convention. The conference aimed to remove divisions among different factions; to decide who would govern the country and how; and to agree on the drawing up of a government program.

The Convention was, above all, an attempt to foster political compromise between the revolutionary factions. It was also a power struggle, and an attempt to impose hegemony and create a viable State.

It was the institutional stage where the competing revolutionary groups that had formed a coalition against Huerta could measure their respective political and ideological strength.