5 mayo 1867 año - Mexico Gains Independence from French imposed Emperor Maximilian

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-emperor had been put there during CIvil War
-MExico needed to regain independence, so U.S. influence their economic designs via trade
-William Seward (Lincoln+Johnson's Secretary of State) wanted teh U.S. to buy sites in teh Pacific and the Caribbean for naval bases and refueling stations so they could trade with Asia. When Japan went isolationist, Seward send naval vessels (with Britain, France and Netherlands) to force them to trade. He wanted to annex hawaii and predicted the U.S> would one day claim the Philippines and build a Panama Canal.

related:U.S. was wanting british and Spanish territories to give them money and territories after allowing shipbuilding+other confederacy support, now the coasts were linked across the pacific the U.S> wanted to trade with Asia

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