What if the French successful put Maxamillion in power in Mexcio, and he stayed in control? How could this happen, and what would the effects be?
What if the French successful put Maxamillion in power in Mexcio, and he stayed in control? How could this happen, and what would the effects be?
Max-a-Million?
Never heard of him, but his name sounds awesome![]()
Mexico owed them a lot of money that Juarez decided he wasn't going to pay.
Napoleon III also wanted to use Mexico as a base to start a new French empire in the Americas.
It was more or less hopeless. Maximillian needed French military support to stay in power, but being dependent upon French military support destroyed his credibility.
The only way for Maximillian to have stayed in power is if he weren't Maximillian and had a clue about how to run Mexico. He more or less totally failed to win any class over to him.
Bringing the Iturbide claimant that was living in the USA at that time would have been far easier
Eh, Maxi had good ideas but he couldn't get anyone to support him. It just so happened that he was a liberal who only had conservative support, which he then lost.
Had Maximillian been the conservative voice of authority that France and right-wing Mexico were looking for, I don't think the right would have turned on him.
The left was never going to support him as a matter of principle, but if they had I think that Maxi could have had a very successful reign. He wanted basically the same things that Juarez did, and he wanted peace...Juarez did too, but he was unwilling to accept a foreign monarch over Mexico, which ultimately led to the downfall of Maximillian.