I did a search, and I can't believe that nobody's done one of these. Or at least, if they did, they didn't file it under keywords conducive to searching.
At one point, Mexico owned a fair amount of land in America, including California. Their biggest hurdle in my mind has always been one of money, so the thought came to me; what if the Mexicans had discovered the amount of gold in California and began to harvest it? I believe that there was also a large amount of silver in one of their territories, but I can't quite recall which.
How would history have changed if in 1822, one year after Mexico gained its independence, some poor, if loyal, sop in California made that startling discovery that so changed America?
At one point, Mexico owned a fair amount of land in America, including California. Their biggest hurdle in my mind has always been one of money, so the thought came to me; what if the Mexicans had discovered the amount of gold in California and began to harvest it? I believe that there was also a large amount of silver in one of their territories, but I can't quite recall which.
How would history have changed if in 1822, one year after Mexico gained its independence, some poor, if loyal, sop in California made that startling discovery that so changed America?