Cinco_De_Mayo

Cinco De Mayo Cinco De Mayo The 5th oF May is not an American holiday or Mexican Independence Day, even though it should be. Cinco De Mayo is in commemoration of the defeat of the French army by the Mexicans. This battle took place in Puebla on May 5, 1862. This holiday is more of a regional holiday celebrated in Mexico especially in Puebla. Celebrating Cinco De Mayo has become popular in many parts of the United States. The Mexican government had accumulated many debts to many nations, including England, Spain, and France. These nations were demanding payments. When Mexico no longer made payments, France became eager to own leadership in Mexico. This invasion required France to send in French troops, lead by, Archduke Maximilian of Austria. The French troops began to march on to invade the Gulf of Mexico. Along the way to Mexico City, mexican, de, cinco, mayo, french, army, mexico, holiday, france, wonderful, troops, soldiers, puebla, people, payments, nations, even, enjoy, defeat, cultures, consisted, zaragoza, yet, way, victory, unity, united, unique, types, took, together, time, though, strong, states, spain, show, should, send, seguin, seeing, resistance, required, represents, regional, races, popular, place, pinata, parts