Cinco de Mayo is celebrated in Mexico and in the United States and besides the sale on beer, the U.S has other reasons to celebrate the date of an underdog Mexican victory against the French.

Like many other points in history, the events of Cinco de Mayo created ripples across the world that changed the trajectory of not just Mexico but the U.S and the world beyond.

Find out how on today's episode of Facts-Chology!

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https://www.napoleon.org/en/history-of-the-two-empires/articles/the-second-empire-and-the-american-civil-war/

https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2014/12/empire-of-cotton/383660/

https://history.state.gov/milestones/1861-1865/french-intervention

https://www.britannica.com/topic/Cinco-de-Mayo

https://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/cinco-de-mayo

https://www.history.com/news/cinco-de-mayo-battle-puebla-civil-war

https://www.jstor.org/stable/2206653?seq=1

https://www.educationworld.com/a_lesson/edit/edit_cinco_de_mayo.shtml#

https://coffeeordie.com/battle-of-puebla/

https://www.businessinsider.com/cinco-de-mayo-beer-companies-advertizing-2011-5

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