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Was elected president and was in deep financial debt. He resorted to getting loans from European governments.
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Napoleon III the leader of France was fed up with not getting there money back so they sent soldiers to Venezuela.
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The war ended and they lost about 500 French soldiers and a little less than 100 Mexican soldiers.
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The Mexican victory over the French army at Puebla.
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He was an emperor of Mexico but got captured and killed.
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After the war French got there revenge and won with 30,000 soldiers.
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The holiday is very popularly celebrated in the US and started in 1863 in California.
