Kevin McCarthy Unlocks New Level of Embarrassment With Claim That America Never Acquired Land Via War - eviltoast
  • chaogomu@kbin.social
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    1 year ago

    You mean the slavers who moved to Mexico and then fomented a rebellion?

    Because that’s what the Alamo was. It was slave owners moving to Mexico and then rising up in rebellion against the Mexican government when Mexico said, hey, slavery is illegal. Mexico outlawed slavery almost immediately after winning their independence from Spain.

    Most importantly, Texas was not a part of the US until a decade after the slavers were defeated at the Alamo.

    You have such a twisted view of history that I can only assume you were taught in either Florida or Texas.

    The US then annexed Texas, and then Polk sent a diplomatic mission offering to buy more land. Mexico said no, so Polk Started a war and took the land anyway.

    After the Mexican-American war, the US paid out a pittance in damages, but one of the terms of the peace treaty forced on Mexico was the revocation of all territorial rights of Texas, California, and everything in between.

    A later administration then bought a small sliver of the border along New Mexico and parts of Arizona for an elevated price. Partially to smooth tensions with Mexico over the blatant war of conquest that was the Mexican-American war.