[pic] The holiday of Cinco De Mayo, is celebrated on the 5th of May, which commemorates the victory of the Mexican military over the French army at The Battle Of Puebla in 1862. It is primarily a regional holiday celebrated in the Mexican state capital city of Puebla and throughout the state of Puebla, with some limited recognition in other parts of Mexico, and especially in United States cities with a significant Mexican population.The battle at Puebla in 1862 had happened at a very violent and chaotic time in Mexico's history. Mexico had finally gained independence from Spain in 1821 after a difficult and bloody struggle, and a number of internal political takeovers and wars, including the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) and the Mexican Civil War of 1858, which had ruined the national economy.During this period of struggle, Mexico had accumulated heavy debts to several nations, including Spain, England and France, who were demanding repayment. When Mexico had finally stopped making any loan payments, France had took action on its own to install Napoleon III's relative, Archduke Maximilian of Austria, as ruler of Mexico. The french army were marching on toward Mexico City, when they had encountered a strong resistance near Puebla at the Mexican forts of Loreto and Guadalupe.
Their purpose was to learn, live, and worship. At the time, they had little interest in expansion, due to their thriving central capital of Tenochtitlan where Moctezuma II, supreme leader or known to the Aztecs as the tlatoani, resided and ruled over the Aztec people. At the time of Moctezuma II’s reign, Spain was making arrangements to set out overseas in search of territory for empirical expansion and resources, especially gold and silver, because the spanish could use those materials to trade with the Chinese dynasties who were far more advanced. On February 10, 1519, Spain’s emporor, Diego Velazquez, sent spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes` and an army of 508 men to Mexico. A few months later, they arrived in Mexico and began to march inland.
The Texas Declaration of Independence The Texas Declaration of Independence was the formal declaration of independence of The Republic of Texas from Mexico. At the Convention of 1836 at Washington –on-the-Brazos the declaration was officially adopted on March 2, and then formally signed the following day after errors had been corrected. There were 59 signatures on the Declaration of Independence. Only ten of the men had lived in Texas for more than six years, while one-quarter of them had been in Texas for less than a year. (10) The Texas Revolution was launched in October of 1835 by settlers in Mexican Texas.
The Battle of San Jacinto The Struggle for Texas’ Independence Abstract The Battle of San Jacinto: The Struggle for Texas’ Independence Sam Houston’s outstanding leadership and immediate action led the Texas Army to ultimately defeat the larger Mexican Army at the Battle of San Jacinto on April 21, 1836. During the early 1820’s, numerous Anglo-American colonists came to Mexico. Their goal was to set up house on the rich, fertile lands of the Gulf Coast region. These settlers arrived as free men in search of opportunity and affordable land provided by the Mexican government for farming and raising cattle. Over time, the Mexican government became more centralized, less federalist, and eventually steered the Texans to call for independence.
Some people mistakenly believe that Cinco de Mayo, or May Fifth, is Mexico's independence day. That's not correct: Cinco de Mayo actually celebrates the unlikely Mexican victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla in 1862. Traditions People sell confetti, whistles, horns, paper-machete helmets, and toys in the colors of red, white and green. There is the joyful environment all over the Mexico for Independence day celebration. On the 15th, at 11 pm the President of the Republic goes out onto the central balcony of the National Palace (Palacio Nacional), rings the bell.
The Texas Revolution February 22, 2010 Antoinette Battle First Essay The Texas Revolution is also known as The War of Independence. The Texas Revolution started on October 2, 1835 and ended on April 21, 1836, however, the war at sea continued up into the 1840s. This revolution started due to an dispute between Mexico and settlers in the Texas part of the Mexican State. There was also many social and political differences that played apart in causing the Texas Revoltion. During the Texas Revolution, there was a number of battles that took place over the years.
* The Age of Jackson, from the 1820's to the 1830's, was a period of American history full of contradictions, especially in regard to democracy. * During the Age of Jackson, enslavement of Blacks, the ultimate form of inequality, was at a new high in America. At the same time, enormous disparities of wealth existed between rich merchants, industrialists and planters, and immigrants. The Jacksonian Democrats were, to some extent, champions of the Constitution, democracy, liberty, and equality. However, in other ways, Jackson and his followers clearly failed to live up to their ideals.
Cinco de Mayo Essay Rochonna Shaw April 18, 2014 1st Period Cinco de Mayo, also known as May 5th, is a Mexican holiday. This is a very important holiday for Mexico because this is the day they praised the winning of the Mexican army over the French army. This particular winning took place in 1862 at The Battle of Puebla. Cinco de Mayo is a nationwide holiday; besides being celebrated only in Mexico, it is celebrated in various American cities that hold a distinctively large Mexican population. The Cinco de Mayo celebration praises the Mexican food, culture, entertainment, and customs.
I think it was Mexican officials fault for lavishing the Texans with benefits even their own citizens didn’t get, but that’s just me. I hope I will be okay. Evening, February 24, 1836 Santa Anna’s army is here. There seem to be about 4000 soldiers of his at the Alamo right now. A letter came in from William B. Travis about him being there.
There were various factors behind on why the Estates General was called in 1789 but the two main factors can be seen as the critical financial crisis in France and also the failure of reforms. In 1786, Calonne, the Controller General, told Louis that the country was in the verge of bankruptcy – there were deficit of 112 million being made due to the extravagant and lavish spending of the royal expenditure compared to how much they were earning. In two years, the deficit increased to 126 million livres, worsening the situation. The financial crisis was the result of France being at war for the past 20 years. First, the War of Austrian Succession 1740 to 1748, then Seven Years War which lasted from 1756 to 1763 and caused France to lose huge amounts of overseas territory due to its defeat.