Who executed Maximilian I?
Forces of the United States
Forces of France
Forces of the Restored Mexican Republic
Forces of the Habsburg Empire
Answer
Maximilian I of Mexico was executed by the forces of the Restored Mexican Republic on June 19, 1867. Maximilian was a Habsburg prince who was placed on the throne of Mexico by the French emperor Napoleon III in an attempt to create a French puppet state in North America. However, the Mexican people resisted French rule and the French were eventually forced to withdraw from Mexico.
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