they put santa anna to help them to gain more power
Well, it HAS control over Mexico and Central America, isn't it?
Some of California and New Mexico
they gain the power to take over everybody and play with all there toys and all the little boys :)
No, Mexico never had Florida. The US goal was ownership of Alta California and Nuevo Mexico.
To gain Arizona and New Mexico from Mexico
Mexico in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Disputes over the ownership of Texas and upper California were settled in favor of the US and the all land in between ( ie New Mexico, Arizona and all parts North) were annexed to the US.
to gain power and wealth
BAD:He destroyed the Aztecs just to get gold and to gain power. GOOD:He captured The Aztec Empire, then turned it into Mexico... Maybe there would be NO Mexico State right now if the Aztecs kept this land. THANK YOU CORTES FOR GIVING US MEXICO...... I THINK(:
* He did not rise to any power but did gain a prominence
gain through army from Mexico during manifest destiny