https://catalog.archives.gov/id/2127339 Dec 1, 1848 "This map accompanied President James K. Polk's annual message to Congress in December 1848. It represents Polk's conception as a Southern Democrat of how to divide up the new territory acquired through the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. It became the starting point of debates in Congress over slavery and westward expansion." National Archives Catalog
https://www.archives.gov/education/lessons/guadalupe-hidalgo brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital where the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S. forces.
https://blogs.loc.gov/law/2011/02/the-history-of-the-mexican-constitution Feb 24, 2011 "February 5, 2011 marked the 94th anniversary of the Constitution of 1917. On that day, Mexican President Venustiano Carranza promulgated the Constitution that is still in force today in Mexico. This particular Constitution was a product of the Mexican Revolution, which just happens to have celebrated its centennial last year." Library of Congress Blogs
Mexican War Video Links
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SZfv4KLOYNs Oct 9, 2018 A gentleman stops by who'd like to pawn what he believes to be an authentic US government-administered promissory note from the Mexican-American War in this clip from Season 12.
Did the Mexicans ever really have a chance of defeating the United States in the Mexican-American war? Richard Hurley
Yes, they did. Scott’s campaign to take Mexico City was incredibly risky. So much so that the Duke of Wellington, who knew a thing or two about soldiering, called Scott the greatest living soldier of the age for his successful capture of Mexico City. Wellington knew what was involved in supplying a small force in hostile territory over hundreds of miles – by mule train!
Several of the battles of the Mexican War were near-run things. There are many scenarios where the Americans could have been beaten. The defeat of either major American force might well have resulted in a negotiated settlement.
In the long run, however, internal Mexican division was always going to limit the results of even a victorious Mexican resistance. California was too remote for Mexico to control by land, and the US had a relatively powerful navy. The US also had an unending supply of restless homesteaders who could reach Oregon and California by wagon from Missouri. Long-term demographic trends and political stability were on the side of US expansion into the West.
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