Cinco_de_Mayo

Cinco de Mayo Cinco de Mayo is actually a commemoration of a victory by Mexican troops over the French in La Batalla de Puebla in 1862. It is celebrated in other parts of the country and in U.S.cities with a significant Mexican population. The battle at Puebla in 1862 happened at a violent and chaotic time in Mexico's history. Mexico had finally gained independence from Spain in 1810, and a number of internal political takeovers and wars. During this period Mexico had accumulated heavy debts to several nations including England, Spain, and France. France was wanting to add on to their empire at that time, and when Mexico finally stopped making any loan payments, France used the debt issue to establish mexico, mexican, french, de, victory, puebla, france, 1862, troops, time, spain, militia, mayo, general, finally, battle, about, zaragoza's, zaragoza, wars, wanting, violent, uscities, toward, takeovers, strong, stopped, stop, small, significant, several, seguin, ruler, resistance, relative, population, political, period, payments, patriots, parts, own, over, outnumbered, number, nations, napoleon's, moment, mexico's, mexico