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SITUATION BETWEEN MEXICO AND FRANCE
The situation between Mexico and France became more difficult when in Tampico, in 1837, a French pirate was shot. -
What did it arise?
It arose from the claim of a Frenchman who owned a restaurant in Mexico and asked for financial compensation because in 1832, officials of President Santa Anna had eaten some cakes in his place without paying. -
MARKET LOCK
Due to the conflict, France blocked other European countries from accessing one of the most important markets in America -
ATTACK AGAINST SAN JUAN DE ULUA
The opposing ships fired on San Juan de Ulúa upon learning, by our officers, of the denial of their claims in which they demanded the exoneration of forced loans to the government, among other proposals understood as exaggerated. -
BEGINNING OF THE CAKEWAR
On April 16, 1838, the Pastel War began, a war between France and Mexico. -
PORT LOCK
The French declared a blockade of the port of Veracruz, seizing Mexican merchant ships. -
SUSPENSION OF THE AGGRESSION
The British navy detached the West Indies Fleet and got France to call off its aggression. The mediator was the Englishman, Richard Pakenham. -
PEACE TREATY
On March 9, 1839, with the mediation of the English ambassador, a peace treaty was signed in which Mexico undertook to pay compensation but not to maintain guarantees for foreigners in the future. -
FLEET WITHDRAWAL
France died the invading fleet, the request for compensation for war expenses, the Provisional Declarations of 1827 that it intended to sign with Mexico and returned the seized ships.
