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1. What does the 5th of May commemorate in Mexico?
Cinco de Mayo celebrations commemorate the May 5, 1862 Mexican victory over the French in the battle of Puebla. Mexico stopped paying its debt to France, and Napoleon III sent the troops to take over Mexico and force payment. The defeat was devastating for the French, but Mexico’s victory had repercussions in the US as well: France’s defeat kept Napoleon III from further supplying confederate troops and prolonging the US Civil War.
Cinco de Mayo celebrations commemorate the May 5, 1862 Mexican victory over the French in the battle of Puebla. Mexico stopped paying its debt to France, and Napoleon III sent the troops to take over Mexico and force payment. The defeat was devastating for the French, but Mexico’s victory had repercussions in the US as well: France’s defeat kept Napoleon III from further supplying confederate troops and prolonging the US Civil War.
Cinco de Mayo celebrations commemorate the May 5, 1862 Mexican victory over the French in the battle of Puebla. Mexico stopped paying its debt to France, and Napoleon III sent the troops to take over Mexico and force payment. The defeat was devastating for the French, but Mexico’s victory had repercussions in the US as well: France’s defeat kept Napoleon III from further supplying confederate troops and prolonging the US Civil War.
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Mexican victory over the French at the battle of Puebla |
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Independence from the United States at the battle of Puebla |
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