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Separation of Texas
Samuel Houston organized an attack to Santa Anna in the Alamo. Then they attacked by surprise and took Santa Anna.
Main Leader: Samuel Houston
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The Pastry War
A French pastry chef suffered property damages from the independence war. The mexican government refuse to pay and so began the war. Leaders: Antoine Louis Deffaudis, Anastasio Bustamante.
Veracruz -
Mexican-American War
It pitted a political divided and military unprepared Mexico against the expansionist of the US.
Leader: James K. Polk
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French Intervention
Napoleon III wanted to transform France into a great empire, he saw Mexico as a good opportunity to provide great wealth in minerals and raw materials. The cause in which Mexico was emerged in caos was the best opportunity to invade it.
Leader: Napoleon III
Location: Veracruz -
Second mexican empire
This was created with the support of Napoleon III who attempted to establish a Monarchy in the Americas
Leader: Maximiliano de Habsburg
