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Hollow Empire: The French Intervention in Mexico ()
By Timothy Neeno, M.A.Introduction
Beginning in , while the United States was paralyzed by Civil War, the French under Napoleon III tried to create an empire in Mexico under a puppet ruler, the Archduke Maximilian of Austria.
Over the next five years of war some , Mexicans died, and French ambitions were dealt a bruising blow.
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How had this conflict come about, and how did a weakened, divided nation defeat one of the most powerful empires in the world?
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From , when an army of conquistadors under Hernán Cortéz marched into the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan, until , Mexico was under the harsh rule of Spain.
For three hundred years the Spaniards kept tight control of Mexico, limiting her trade to Spain alone and preventing any attempts at self government. After years of unrest and rebellion, the Spanish left Mexico, leavin