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Cinco de Mayo
Cinco de Mayo, the fifth of May, is a Mexican holiday in which Mexicans celebrate their army's victory over the French at the Battle of Puebla.
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What motivated Mexican peasants to fight against the superior French forces?
Unwillingness to be oppressed by foreign invaders.
Who was the president of the US during the Mexican revolution known as Cinco de Mayo?
The Cinco de Mayo commemorates the Mexican army's unlikely victory over French forces at the Battle of Puebla on May 5, 1862, under the leadership of Mexican General Ignacio Zaragoza. The Battle was important because 4,000 Mexican soldiers defeated a much better-equipped French army composed of 8,000 men that had not been defeated for almost 50 years.
At the time, Abraham Lincoln was president of the United States (Union States), while Jefferson Davis was president of the Confederate United States.
Does the US celebrate Cinco de Mayo more than Mexico?
It is widely believed that Cinco de Mayo is even more popular in the US, especially California, than in Mexico. In Mexico, it is a regional holiday in Puebla and not a federal holiday. It the US, it has become a celebration of Chicano ancestry. It is the "feel-good" day for millions of Americans of Mexican origin, as well as recent immigrants, while in Mexico it seems to have a purely historical significance.
cinco de mayo got solved when the french lost the war against Mexicans because the french was jealous of the Mexicans making lots of money
