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REASON WHY IT AROSE
For the claim of a Frances that had a Pastry shop in Mexico and that he was asking for compensation because personnel from the Santa Anna government had eaten some cakes without paying. -
DETONATORS OF WAR
On the one hand, the Minister of Relations stated that "the Government does not find an obligation to make compensation, when claims are made for losses as a result of a revolutionary movement", but also another important part is that the situation between Mexico and France became more difficult when in Tampico a French pirate was shot, which detonated the outbreak of the Pastry war. -
BEGINNING OF THE PASTRY WAR
As a result of the declarations, a squadron of the French Royal Navy, made up of 26 warships under the command of Admiral Bazoche, was anchored off Veracruz. In addition, it should be noted that they also blocked the European market that reached America. -
SUSPENSION OF THE AGGRESSION
The British navy highlighted the West Indies Fleet and managed to get France to suspend its aggression, having the Englishman Richard Pakenham as mediator. -
ATTACK ON SAN JUAN DE ULÚA
France sent an ultimatum to the Mexican government and the French opened fire on November 27 of that year towards the fortress of San Juan de Ulúa, in Veracruz. -
THE END OF THE WAR
The Peace Treaty between Mexico and France is signed in Veracruz. In it, the Mexican government agreed to pay 600,000 pesos in compensation for French residents, but refused to grant the treaty they demanded and offered the French government the same commercial treatment that was given to other countries, which did not include freedom to trade at retail. -
FLEET RETIREMENT
France withdraws 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.