The Austrian Emperor of Mexico : Maximilian I

0:15 I just use the flags of the Mexican Republic for the liberals and the flag of the First Mexican Empire for the conservat 2:10 Since he was seen as a military hero even though he had many loses under his belt, he was very good at covering these up 3:49 OK technically it wasn't a full default on all the Mexican debt, but I am not an economist nor have the time to explain 4:41 It is technically not a "national holiday" in Mexico (but it was in the past) but it is still very much celebrated today 5:03 Ok it wasn't as strait forward as this and there was more military maneuvering by both sides and more battles than just 5:10 Some have argued "no country in the Americas has subsequently been invaded by any other European military force" or that 5:30 It is important to understand that the conservatives weren't united in their support for installing a French backed Euro 5:38 The maps of the Mexican Empire control in Mexico may be wrong. I used (sources in the script) as my sources all of which 6:13 He prominently spoke out against the harsh treatment of the minorities within the Austrian Empire specially after the th 8:50 However he didn't abolish Peonage completely (although it is speculated that he had plans to, after the war). 9:16 And also to raise money for the Mexican peasants in Mexico city living in poverty. 10:01 It is also said that the Indios preferred having a king because they still had strong believes preferring kings over a r 10:27 Charro is a certain kind of person so to be completely accurate he wasn't wearing a charro but a charro style clothing. 11:44 He didn't want to enact the decree but was convinced by his conservative supporters it was the only way to win the war. 13:37 There's a lot of contradiction of what Maximilian said and when on his last day. 14:56 Arguments against this usually say that the liberals had to take the jobs as they where the only good paying job in a ci 15:00 Sebastián Lerdo was the president of Mexico after Juarez.