ID: 901001721 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001721	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Pastry War (Mexican-French history, 1838-1839)

Note: Initiated by a French blockade of the port of Veracruz, due to refusal of the Mexican government to compensate French citizens for property damage during civil unrest in the previous years. Known as the Pastry War, after a pastry shop was damaged by rioters. Considered the first French intervention in Mexico.

Display Date: 16 April 1838-9 March 1839

Names:

	Pastry War (Mexican-French history, 1838-1839) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Guerra de los pasteles (Mexican-French history, 1838-1839) (Spanish,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........Mexican history (P)
		............Pastry War (Mexican-French history, 1838-1839) (P)

Other Relationships:

	participant was .... México
	.....(North and Central America) (TGN)

	participant was .... France
	.....(Europe) (TGN)

	located in .... Estado de Veracruz
	.....(Mexico, North and Central America) (TGN)

	role/characteristic is .... civil unrest
	.....(political events, cultural events, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

Sources:

	Pastry War (Mexican-French history, 1838-1839)
	................Briggs and Alisky, Historical Dictionary of Mexico (1981) 171
	................Tucker, Encyclopedia of the Mexican-American War (2013) 495
	................Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 23 March 2017
	Guerra de los pasteles (Mexican-French history, 1838-1839)
	................Soto, Al filo de la Patria (2010) 117
	................Pérez and Cramaussel, México Francia (1998) 247

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 23 March 2017
	................ Soto, Al filo de la Patria (2010) 117