Pancho Villa crossed the boarder into the United States and murdered 17 Americans in New Mexico.
Southwesterners from Mexico are known as Mexican-Americans.
the Mexican Americans were fighting for the border between TX and Mexico
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The border argument before the Mexican-American war was over which river divided Mexico from Texas. The Americans claimed that it was the Colorado river, but that was not the case. The Americans crossed into Mexico and were fired upon. America then declared war, this resulted in the Mexican-American war which was won by America and as a result took much more land.
yes but not exactly as Americans, or Mexican Americans
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Mexicans or Mexican-Americans
Many thought Mexican Americans were taking jobs and welfare money from white Americans.
Many thought Mexican Americans were taking jobs and welfare money from white Americans.
Americans believed that the Mexicans started the War because they "Shed American blood, on American Soil"- President James Polk....but really American troops crossed the border were on Mexico's territory.
The United States had originally offered $30 million for the Mexican Cession. But Mexico refused. That angered the Americans. When the American army crossed the Nueces River, the Mexican army shot at the American army. That started the Mexican War. After the Mexican War, they signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty said that the Mexico had to cede the Mexican Cession and the United States had to give Mexico $15 million.
Mexican Americans are a mixture of the Spanish Conquistadores (Conquerors) and the Indigenous tribes that first roamed the Americas such as the Aztecs, Mayans, Incas, etc.Mexican Americans are individuals whose families originate in Mexico. Mexican Americans can either be people who immigrated from Mexico themselves or whose ancestors immigrated.