The US owned California and the American Southwest.
The Mexican War for Independence came first.
The Canadian-American war of 1897
The Canadian-American war of 1897
Mexican-American War
the Mexican war
The Spanish American War.
Every event that ever happened caused another event to happen. Be specific.
The American Civil War
the Mexican War
American forces won the war against the British .
Because memory is reconstructive, it is subject to canfabulation--confusing an event that happened to someone else with one that happened to you.
The Mexican-American War, and the acquisition by the USAof extensive new territories in the West.