DBWI: WI the US had not annexed Mexico back in the 1840s?

What if instead of annexing Mexico in the 1840s, the US had just asked for some of Mexico's northern territories instead. How would the Civil War of the 1960s be if this had happened? How would the US be today?
 
We probably wouldn't have bothered buying Canada from the British. After they saw what we did to Mexico, they couldn't wait to leave the continent. Ditto for Russian Alaska.
 
Y si en vez de anexar México en los años 1840, los EE.UU acabaran de pedir algunos territorios del norte de México en cambio. ¿Cómo la Guerra Civil de los años 1960 ser si este hubiera pasado? ¿Cómo serían los EE.UU hoy?
 
How would the US be today?

Much better. Anexation was never a good idea. Why would you anex a place that doesn't want to be anexed? Do you know haw much resources have been wasted in supressing the different Mexican independent movements since 1840? Even now, those movements have disappeared. They have been quite for some time, but they'll probably regain strengh sooner or later, as they heve done in the past.


It's the same that happened with the Holy Roman Empire: had the empire comprised only present day Germany, it would have evolved into a strong natrion-state much earlier that IOTL, as France, England or Portugal did. But the fact that the empire also contained Italy meant that the emperors wasted a lot of resources in it. Eventually, the empire wasn't able to hold any of them, and became a shadow of it's former self.

Great Britain was force to let ireland go. Russia had to give Poland and Ukraine their independence. Spain has recently given indeopendence to the Basaque country. It's a matter of time before Mexico goes it's own way...
 
Y si en vez de anexar México en los años 1840, los EE.UU acabaran de pedir algunos territorios del norte de México en cambio. ¿Cómo la Guerra Civil de los años 1960 ser si este hubiera pasado? ¿Cómo serían los EE.UU hoy?

¡No hubiera habido guerra civil en 1960! ¿No conocen cómo funciona el efecto mariposa?:rolleyes:

/There wouldn't have been any civil war in 1960? Don't you guys know how does the butterfly effect works?:rolleyes:

[Ooc:;)]
 
Ahh Gracias, comprendo, creo que hay no Estados Undios del Paises Españolas[1], todavia. Porque no miedo del EE.UU del Americas

I think there won't be the United States of Spanish Contries. They wouldn't have scare from the EE.UU, so they don't form.


OOC:Yeah I know my Español es mal:)

[1]union between all Spansich Speaking countries
 
All of you people need to stop violating the American Bilingual Act. If you can't follow the law and post in both official languages then don't post at all.

Usted gente necesita parar el violar del acto bilingüe americano. Si usted no puede seguir la ley y el poste en ambas idiomas oficiales entonces no fijan en absoluto.

(OOC: Apologies for the Babelfish-created Spanish, which is no doubt terrible)
 
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