Treaty of London (1861)
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The Treaty of London was a treaty, signed by France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

, Spain
Spain
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, and the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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, in 1861. The purpose of the treaty was to agree on a course of action towards obtaining loan repayments from Mexico
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...

.

It led the three countries to put pressure on Mexico through blockades. After France's invasion, Spain and the United Kingdom, realising France's intention to colonise Mexico, pulled troops from the region. The resulting struggle is known as the French intervention in Mexico
French intervention in Mexico
The French intervention in Mexico , also known as The Maximilian Affair, War of the French Intervention, and The Franco-Mexican War, was an invasion of Mexico by an expeditionary force sent by the Second French Empire, supported in the beginning by the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of Spain...

, also known as the Maximilian Affair and The Franco-Mexican War, by the army of the Second French Empire.
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