As I understand it Mexico had rather poor leadership in the first half of the 19th century. Could they have kept control of the lands they claimed.
Might they have attracted some European migrants, notably Catholic Irish refugees from the Famine?
Can the US reach the Pacific North West in such circumstances.
Would not acquiring territory from Mexico have butterflied the acw?
Might they have attracted some European migrants, notably Catholic Irish refugees from the Famine?
Can the US reach the Pacific North West in such circumstances.
Would not acquiring territory from Mexico have butterflied the acw?