Cinco de Mayo Battle

By Molly

  • Benito Juárez

    Benito Juárez
    Was elected president and was in deep financial debt. He resorted to getting loans from European governments.

  • Frances Oppertunity

    Frances Oppertunity
    Napoleon III the leader of France was fed up with not getting there money back so they sent soldiers to Venezuela.

  • Many Lost

    Many Lost
    The war ended and they lost about 500 French soldiers and a little less than 100 Mexican soldiers.

  • Battle of Pueblo

    Battle of Pueblo
    The Mexican victory over the French army at Puebla.

  • Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian,

    Austrian Archduke Ferdinand Maximilian,
    He was an emperor of Mexico but got captured and killed.

  • Mexico Defeated

    Mexico Defeated
    After the war French got there revenge and won with 30,000 soldiers.

  • Cinco de Mayo Celebration

    Cinco de Mayo Celebration
    The holiday is very popularly celebrated in the US and started in 1863 in California.