James Polk wanted the United States to annex Baja, Sonora, Chihuahua, Coahuila, Tamaulipas, and Nuevo Leone at the end of the Mexican-American War, but Nicholas Trist, the representative for the United States, went rogue and Mexico retained those territories.
During the French intervention in Mexico, Juarez's capital in exile was in Chihuahua and it was the north that was the bastion for liberal Republicanism.
How would the French intervention in Mexico and the fate of the Second Mexican Empire have been affected by the United States controlling the Mexican north?
During the French intervention in Mexico, Juarez's capital in exile was in Chihuahua and it was the north that was the bastion for liberal Republicanism.
How would the French intervention in Mexico and the fate of the Second Mexican Empire have been affected by the United States controlling the Mexican north?