Mexico has 2 territories and 29 states.
Mexico itself!! :)
When the territories now comprising the states of Arizona and New Mexico were first explored by Spanish Conquistador Francisco Vazquez de Coronado in 1542, he reported his findings on such territories north of Mexico were a "New Mexico". Since then, these territories were named as the Territorios de Nuevo Mexico(Territories of New Mexico).
When the territories now comprising the states of Arizona and New Mexico were first explored by Spanish Conquistador Francisco Vazquez de Coronado in 1542, he reported his findings on such territories north of Mexico were a "New Mexico". Since then, these territories were named as the Territorios de Nuevo Mexico (Territories of New Mexico).
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Nothing: the US took those territories by the means of war.
New Mexico was lost by Mexico during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848). Later, some territories on southern New Mexico were sold by Mexico to the US at the Gadsden Purchase (1854).
Pecans and chili peppers are major agriculture products in New Mexico. Oil & gas production is a major industry in New Mexico.
Because the southwest originally was part of Mexico. By conquering such territories, many of these people were swiftly sacked from their lands.
The fear that slavery would spread into new territories
Its northern territories
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