yes, you can. My dad bought it as a present to his friend who lives in Mexico and he got it from a store there;)
The Gadsden Purchase (1853) which included present-day southern Arizona and New Mexico.
US bought it from Mexico.
After the war between the US and Mexico was over, Mexico was left defeated and weak. President James K. Polk decided to get these two areas from Mexico in return for 15 million dollars. Later, in the Gadsden Purchase, the US bought present day Arizona and New Mexico.
Mexico is an independent country. It is not a state of US. It has nothing to do with the US. It is outside the United State's jurisdiction. Only New Mexico is in the US. It was admitted as the 47th state in 1912.
Mexico
No, New Mexico became the 47th US State.
The US state with the postal abbreviation of NM is New Mexico.
It is when the US bought the land on the southern tips of New Mexico and Arizona from Mexico, right after the Mexican War in the year 1853. It was bought for railroads.
Yes, it is a state.
No, New Mexico became the 47th US State on 6 January 1912. Illinois is the 21st US State.
No, it's a country but there's a state called New Mexico!