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what whould happen if all of mexico not just the states of new mexico arizon ,utah and califya had been taken after the mexican american war
With or without a ban on slavery there?
it was below the misory compramise so when they became states after being organized from terriotorys
so ya slave states
but most of the people in mexico are fersly agist slavery so there a possiblity that the people may vote for to become a free state
it was below the misory compramise so when they became states after being organized from terriotorys
so ya slave states
but most of the people in mexico are fersly agist slavery so there a possiblity that the people may vote for to become a free state
what whould happen if all of mexico not just the states of new mexico arizon ,utah and califya had been taken after the mexican american war
Well, you are right on one thing; many Mexicans were fervently anti-slavery and it's very likely most of them would have been more than a little pissed off if the Southerners tried to force them to accept their 'Institution'.
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The Mexicans would have already been pissed off just by been ruled by foreigners, no matter what hapens with slavery. Remember there was a storng Mexican identity since at least 1800, and there's no way they wouldn't heve seen the Americans as foreign invaders with an alien culture and language. True, that Mexican identity might not have been that strong among Yucatec Mayans, who had their own religion and identity, but was very strong in the highly populated Central Valley of Mexico.
The Mexicans would have already been pissed off just by been ruled by foreigners, no matter what hapens with slavery. Remember there was a storng Mexican identity since at least 1800, and there's no way they wouldn't heve seen the Americans as foreign invaders with an alien culture and language. True, that Mexican identity might not have been that strong among Yucatec Mayans, who had their own religion and identity, but was very strong in the highly populated Central Valley of Mexico.
Of course, the Mexican society was a very divided one, and a wise foreign invader might have proffit form that. For example, he may have gained some support if they had done thing rights and taken certain meassures in order to improve the situation of the poor classes. But given how that's unlikely, since it's must more probable that the US would have allied with the elite than with the Indian masses (taking meassures that would deprive indians of their comunal lands, for example), and that they would still screw things up with at least a part of the old Mexican elite (who would feel left over and miss power) an American Mexico is not going to be a nice place to live in.
This would, in my opinion, delay the formation of "states" almost idefinently, until they are eventualy given back independence (as the British did in Ireland). At most, the US might keep some of the territories that form part of OTL modern Mexico.
Unless the US go genocidal. Most of the population was "Indian" anyway. Definitely, chanches are that it would be a very dark scenario.
Its important to note that conscription merely to deal with occupied territories would be unthinkable. Its one thing to use conscription in a civil war, which was pretty opposed by a lot of folk anyways, but using conscription to keep the Mexicans down would be political suicide.
Im not saying we're going to see a counterculture and hippies in the 1850s or something but still, the point is America is going to have quite a few large problems finding enough bodies for a job this big.
Israel at least has the benefit of being able to devote their entire state and being to keeping the West Bank and Gaza strip as part of Israel.
what whould happen if all of mexico not just the states of new mexico arizon ,utah and califya had been taken after the mexican american war