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The Franco-Mexican War was fought between the powerhungry French ruled by Napoleon III and the very weakMexican army and its newly formed government There aremany factors that allowed this war to break out some ofthe factors include Mexico was a very weak country at thetime due to its recent civil war it had between the Liberalsand the Conservatives France had leader in Louis NapoleonBonapart who was out to gain imperial status of his famousIn 1858 Mexico began the War of the Reform The Warof the Reform was in many ways the culmination of theideological disputations the shuffling of constitutionsthe church state controversies and the minor civil warsthat had shattered the peace periodically sinceIndependence Mexicans were not sure how to define thekind of society they wanted to the satisfaction of oneanother and the intense passions of the age precluded thepossibility of a rapprochement without still another resortto arms The war began as most Mexican wars with a newplan this time the Plan de Tacubaya proclaimed byconservative general Felix Zuloaga Encouraged by promisesof ecclesiastic and military support Zuloaga immediatelydissolved the Congress and arrested Benito Juarez the chiefliberal spokesman within the Comonfort government Juarezhad been recently elected chief justice of the MexicanSupreme Court This position according to the newconstitution made him next in line for the Presidencyshould a vacancy occur President Comonfort believed incompromise but proved himself unequal to the task ofblending the diverse views As he vacillated liberals inthe provinces announced their support of the Constitutionand the Reform Laws it embodied Caught between the twoextremes and not sure who is friends were and who hisenemies might be Comonfort resigned When the Army declaredZuloaga as the new president Juarez managed to escape northto Queretaro where his liberal following proclaimed himpresident With two presidents two governments and twouncompromising ideologies Mexico plunged headlong into themost passionate and horrifying civil war to date Meyer Contrary to some historians it was not Indians versuswhites and the country versus the cities It
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