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This country reacted particularly poorly to news of Mexico's inability to make its debt payments.
What is France
100
This is the year French forces first invaded Mexico
What is 1862
100
This battle was deemed the most important victory in history for the Mexican people
What is the Battle of Puebla
100
What is the Spanish word for a popular kind of round, flat bread?
What is a "tortilla".
100
What is the Spanish word for "friend"?
What is "amigo"?
200
France participated in these two wars which made them strapped for cash
What are the American Revolution and the French Revolution
200
This is the city where French forces first settled outside of
What is Puebla
200
This is the city French forces moved to following the battle
What is Mexico City
200
What is the Spanish word for afternoon nap?
What is "siesta".
200
What does the Spanish word "amor" mean?
What is "love".
300
The president of Mexico had served this number of terms by 1861.
What is 5
300
This general led the French troops into Mexico
Who is Charles de Lorencez
300
This is the number of Mexican deaths sustained during battle
What is 83
300
This is the day Mexican Independence Day is celebrated
What is September 16
300
Thi is the name of the paper ornament that is struck until candy falls out of it
What is a pinata
400
This person was president of Mexico in 1861
Who is Benito Juarez
400
This day is the day the French general ordered the attack to begin
What is May 5, 1862
400
This Austrian archduke took over as Emperor of Mexico
Who is Maximillian
400
These two forts were set north of Puebla
What are Guadalupe and Loreto
400
This is the predominant religion in Mexico
What is Catholicism.
500
This state was the next state to secede the Union preceding the conflict in Mexico
What is Arkansas
500
This is the weather phenomenon that negatively impacted the French army during the battle
What is a Monsoon
500
This is the number of French deaths sustained during battle
What is 462
500
This peninsula borders Belize and Guatemala and is a common location for tropical storms and hurricanes to make landfall
What is the Yucatan Peninsula
500
This is the current capital of Mexico
What is "La Ciudad de México" (Mexico City).