North America is known for her unbalanced situation, that distinguises her for other parts of the world like Europe. This point of view has been in large part responsible for the unilateral stand of the United States. This could had been different if Mexico were a more powerful nation, capable of treat the domination (at least in the first half of the XIX century) and the Manifest Destiny.
By 1800, both Mexico and USA are independent countries. While Mexico is a constitutional monarchy that recently gained independence of Spain, the USA are distinguished for having created the presidential system. They are in a process of expansion: Mexico towards the North, the USA to the West.
In the middle of them is Louisiana, the French colony sold to the USA by Napoleon. However, the Mexicans claimed that this purchase was illegal - appealing to the San Ildefonso Treaty, signed between Spain and France -as it threats their effective dominion in their northern provinces of Texas and California. Mexico declares war on the United States. As both fight, Great Britain, the rising maritime power, enters as an arbiter in the conflict. She decides to create, with the support of the Creoles, in the lower bassin of the Mississipi, in the middle of the two emerging countries a third country: la République de Louisiane. This puts and end, although temporary, to the boundary conflicts between the powers of America.
By 1800, both Mexico and USA are independent countries. While Mexico is a constitutional monarchy that recently gained independence of Spain, the USA are distinguished for having created the presidential system. They are in a process of expansion: Mexico towards the North, the USA to the West.
In the middle of them is Louisiana, the French colony sold to the USA by Napoleon. However, the Mexicans claimed that this purchase was illegal - appealing to the San Ildefonso Treaty, signed between Spain and France -as it threats their effective dominion in their northern provinces of Texas and California. Mexico declares war on the United States. As both fight, Great Britain, the rising maritime power, enters as an arbiter in the conflict. She decides to create, with the support of the Creoles, in the lower bassin of the Mississipi, in the middle of the two emerging countries a third country: la République de Louisiane. This puts and end, although temporary, to the boundary conflicts between the powers of America.