United States Recognition of Mexican Independence, 1822.

The United States recognized Mexico on December 12, 1822, when President James Monroe received José Manuel Zozaya as Mexican Minister to the United States. Earlier Mexican attempts to garner U.S. recognition had failed, largely due to the desire of American presidents to remain formally neutral during hostilities between Spanish forces and independence fighters in the American republics. Previously, Mexico was under Spanish sovereignty. This changed when Napoleon Bonaparte led the French invasion of Spain in 1808, which provided Latin Americans an opening to fight for independence from Spanish colonial rule.


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