between the years of 1850 and 1860 why did france invade mexico?
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Actually, it was in 1862.  Mexico owed a lot of money to Britain, France and Spain, so they agreed to invade to collect the debt.  Actually, France wanted to conquer and rule Mexico for its mineral wealth.  They invaded at Veracruz.\n\nThe Mexican forces won one of the early battles in this war on May 5, 1862, at Puebla, and that victory is celebrated to this day as Cinco de Mayo.
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The Mexican Cession is a historical name for the region of the present day southwestern United States that was ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo following the Mexican-American War. The cession of this territory from Mexico was a condition for the end of the war. For the 38 years between 1810, when Mexico declared its independence from Spain, and 1848, the region had formed approximately one-third of the territory of Mexico; prior to that, it had been a part – albeit a remote one, largely without European settlement – of the Spanish colony of New Spain for some three centuries.
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This sounds like an honest question.  The answer is that Mexico was conquered and settled by the Spanish, then was also controlled by the French for a short period.  The lighter-skinned Mexicans have mostly Spanish or French genes.  The darker-skinned people there have mostly genes from the native groups which populated the area before the Europeans arrived.  There are natural blondes and redheads with blue eyes and green eyes in the larger cities of Mexico.
384554
MEXICO provoked the US into war by sending troops across the border to rape, pillage and kill innocent Texans. They did this by digging tunnels and by cover of darkness.  After the US defeated Mexico it decided to purchase the southwest states to maintain continuity in the continent. Yes it purchased at fair value after Texas had already been declared independent of the ruthless dicator Antonio Vicente Lopez Fox de Santa Ana.  Viva Max!!!
649987
Mexico...defeating the French army In puebla ...some general ZARAGOZA did it...\nMexican independence in in the night of september 15
959766
History has a strange way of changing with time. You will see how history changes if you do some research in old history books that were once used in classrooms. \nSoon after the Mexican war, classroom history books blame the entire war on Mexican aggression. By the 1890s, the history books had an entirely different slant. By then, it was described as a race war that the U.S. had to engage in because of Manifest Destiny. That slant was very similar to Hitler's concept in Germany. By the 1960s, a very new story was told. There it was described as being started by the USA simply to grab land.\nThru a 100 and some odd years, the history of the Mexican war did a 180 degree shift from Mexico being the aggressor to the USA being the aggressor.\nTo answer your question, you really can't believe history as it is written anymore than you can believe Fox news. It's all slanted to suit someone's interest.
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Olmec, Izapa, Teotihuacan, Maya, Zapotec, Mixtec, Huaxtec, Purepecha,Toltec and Mexica (Aztecs), In 1519, the native civilizations of Mexico were invaded by Spanish troops numbering about 600 soldiers, who brought with them superior weaponry and old world diseases. Early Conquistadores was Hernán Cortés, who entered the country in 1519 from a native coastal town which he renamed "Puerto de la Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz" (today's Veracruz). Contrary to popular opinion, Spain did not conquer all of Mexico when Cortés conquered Tenochtitlan in 1521. It would take another two centuries after the Siege of Tenochtitlan before the Conquest of Mexico would be complete. The conquistadores (conquers) were just that! A bloody murdering army out to plunder.\n With slaughter…victory, they spread north and west to what today is Americas west coast.  How many natives in what we call America joined the above people in being victims of their slaughter?
538758
ITs the celebration of the winning over France in the Battle at Puebla. Not the celebration of mexican independence as many think.
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It's because they tried to conquer Canada and Mexico in the past, they just never got over the fact that the whole continent isn't theirs.
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Mexico was trying to seak independence from spain. But Spain won't allow it. At one time Spain comes to Mexico to check on their followers and they revolt.  They had it to show Spain that they will fight for their freedom.  Mexico was very outnumbered by the Spainiards but they still won the war, on the 5th of May. This is why they celebrate Cinco De Mayo.
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Basically because Germany invaded Paris (France) without permission, and then Spain got involved as they were allies. Poland triedto stay neutral but this just aggrivated the situation, leading to a full blown war.
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i guess you don't know your MEXICAN HISTORY!\n\n\n\n\nThe 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day, but it should be!Mexico declared its independence from mother Spain on midnight, the 15th of September, 1810.  And it took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers were told and forced to leave Mexico. \n\nSo, why Cinco de Mayo?  And why should Americans savor this day as well?  Because 4,000 Mexican soldiers smashed the French and traitor Mexican army of 8,000 at Puebla, Mexico, 100 miles east of Mexico City on the morning of May 5, 1862. \n\nThe French had landed in Mexico (along with Spanish and English troops) five months earlier on the pretext of collecting Mexican debts from the newly elected government of democratic President (and Indian) Benito Juarez.  The English and Spanish quickly made deals and left.  The French, however, had different ideas. \n\nUnder Emperor Napoleon III, who detested the United States, the French came to stay.  They brought a Hapsburg prince with them to rule the new Mexican empire.  His name was Maximilian; his wife, Carolota.  Napoleon's French Army had not been defeated in 50 years, and it invaded Mexico with the finest modern equipment and with a newly reconstituted Foreign Legion.  The French were not afraid of anyone, especially since the United States was embroiled in its own Civil War. \n\nThe French Army left the port of Vera Cruz to attack Mexico City to the west, as the French assumed that the Mexicans would give up should their capital fall to the enemy -- as European countries traditionally did. \n\nUnder the command of Texas-born General Zaragosa, (and the cavalry under the command of Colonel Porfirio Diaz, later to be Mexico's president and dictator), the Mexicans awaited.  Brightly dressed French Dragoons led the enemy columns.  The Mexican Army was less stylish. \n\nGeneral Zaragosa ordered Colonel Diaz to take his cavalry, the best in the world, out to the French flanks.  In response, the French did a most stupid thing; they sent their cavalry off to chase Diaz and his men, who proceeded to butcher them.  The remaining French infantrymen charged the Mexican defenders through sloppy mud from a thunderstorm and through hundreds of head of stampeding cattle stirred up by Indians armed only with machetes. \n\nWhen the battle was over, many French were killed or wounded and their cavalry was being chased by Diaz' superb horsemen miles away.  The Mexicans had won a great victory that kept Napoleon III from supplying the confederate rebels for another year, allowing the United States to build the greatest army the world had ever seen.  This grand army smashed the Confederates at Gettysburg just 14 months after the battle of Puebla, essentially ending the Civil War. \n\nUnion forces were then rushed to the Texas/Mexican border under General Phil Sheridan, who made sure that the Mexicans got all the weapons and ammunition they needed to expel the French.  American soldiers were discharged with their uniforms and rifles if they promised to join the Mexican Army to fight the French.  The American Legion of Honor marched in the Victory Parade in Mexico, City. \n\nIt might be a historical stretch to credit the survival of the United States to those brave 4,000 Mexicans who faced an army twice as large in 1862.  But who knows? \n\nIn gratitude, thousands of Mexicans crossed the border after Pearl Harbor to join the U.S. Armed Forces.  As recently as the Persian Gulf War, Mexicans flooded American consulates with phone calls, trying to join up and fight another war for America. \n\nMexicans, you see, never forget who their friends are, and neither do Americans.  That's why Cinco de Mayo is such a party -- A party that celebrates freedom and liberty.  There are two ideals which Mexicans and Americans have fought shoulder to shoulder to protect, ever since the 5th of May, 1862.  VIVA! el CINCO DE MAYO!!
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5 de Mayo is a Mexican American celebration/tradition. In Mexico it is not celebrated, at least not the way it is in the states particularly in Los Angeles. The 5th of May was the day when Mexico and France fought against each other. La Batalla de Puebla as it is called, this battle took place in Puebla, Mexico. This battle is well celebrated because the French had technology; weapons like canons, guns, and other forms of weapons. Meanwhile the Mexicans only had their Machetes. Therefore it was proven that technology was not needed to win in this battle against the French. \nIn Los Angeles, there is not special way of celebrating, it angers me that many poeple just go out to get drunk and commit stupidity. But a simple BBQ or going to a club, which they usually over charge, with friends will do. It's not really a family outting.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican_revolution#Causes\nthis might help check it out
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Well, the first reason was French Revolution. When the notice came to America most people said that it´s time to establish those principles in Latin America.\n\nAnd later, the Napoleon´s conquest of Spain.
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In 1519, the native civilizations of Mexico were invaded by Spanish troops numbering about 600 soldiers, who brought with them superior weaponry and old world diseases. Early Conquistadores was Hernán Cortés, who entered the country in 1519 from a native coastal town which he renamed "Puerto de la Villa Rica de la Vera Cruz" (today's Veracruz). Contrary to popular opinion, Spain did not conquer all of Mexico when Cortés conquered Tenochtitlan in 1521. It would take another two centuries after the Siege of Tenochtitlan before the Conquest of Mexico would be complete. The conquistadores (conquers) were just that! A bloody murdering army out to plunder.\n The first successful settlement in North America was English FAMILIES, not armies, 125 years after Spain attacked south and central America.
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I suggest reading Everyday Life and Politics in Nineteenth Century Mexico: Men, Women, and War by Mark Wasserman (2000).  You will find the answers you need in there.  \nAlso, check out this website: http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/travel/dpalfrey/dpcolonial2.html