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Is Mexico The Land of America & why?
Is Mexico The Land of America & why?
Mexico used to be the United States back in the 1450s or something. But do you believe its true that Mexico used to be the United States?
Mexico used to be the United States back in the 1450s or something. But do you believe its true that Mexico used to be the United States?
Mexico used to be the United States back in the 1450s or something. But do you believe its true that Mexico used to be the United States?
Mexico used to be the United States back in the 1450s or something. But do you believe its true that Mexico used to be the United States?
I think you may be on to something here.I think you might be referring to when we were in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), and we captured Mexico City, and took the land to the west of Texas, including California, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, etc.
I remember in history talking about why we didn't in fact go on ahead, and conquer the rest of Mexico, and annex them. It was right before the Civil War (1861-1865), and the politicians decided to not, because of the sectionalist struggle in Washington. If we had decided to go on ahead and conquer Mexico, all that land would legally have been slave territory, as per the Missour Compromise of 1820. Now, given that there was building tension between the North and the South, it was decided to not follow up on our success west of Texas, and in Mexico City, and to stop the war.
Everything in the time period was about maintaining the balance between the North and the South in the Senate. Any attempt to break the balance gotanother compromise made. Example: Kansas-Nebraska Act, and Compromise of 1850.
If that is what you are referring to, as in should the US claim Mexico...
Militarily we could anytime we so wished, and there is no longer a political struggle in our country, but if we did so, there would be alarms going on all over the world. Basically, we should not claim mexico as ours, and we should not attempt to make them ours.
Lavender, with yellow stripes. :mrgreen:
As opposed to the land North of the Rio Grande, the area south was populated by large numbers of non white Mexicans. That is the only reason we didnt keep the land. If we would have fought Canada, then we would have at least another 15 states.
I do belive that the sooner we "annex" Mexico, and Cuba, the better.
That is the only reason we didn't keep the land when we won the Mexican-American War?
I disagree, politicians were the primary reason. If we had conquered Mexico back then, the Southern Slave States would have had considerably more power in the Senate, enough to do what they wanted politically. That would have changed history, for the worse.
I do belive that the sooner we "annex" Mexico, and Cuba, the better.
Or for the better, depending on which side of the Mason Dixon line one was on.That is the only reason we didn't keep the land when we won the Mexican-American War?
I disagree, politicians were the primary reason. If we had conquered Mexico back then, the Southern Slave States would have had considerably more power in the Senate, enough to do what they wanted politically. That would have changed history, for the worse.
That is the only reason we didn't keep the land when we won the Mexican-American War?
I disagree, politicians were the primary reason. If we had conquered Mexico back then, the Southern Slave States would have had considerably more power in the Senate, enough to do what they wanted politically. That would have changed history, for the worse.
Simple really. with proper development, using the local Peoples, those Countries could be great money makers for all involved. There would be no need for them to come here, when they could prosper at home. Just bring them into the fold as it were.Why would that be?
It was not because of sectional issues between north and south that the US didn't conquer all of mexico...those came later, as a result.
We did, after all accept the mexican cession, which was a huge chunk of land mostly south of the 36/30 parallel (of the missouri comp.).