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Why was Mexico a valuable colony for the US?

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∙ 13y ago
Updated: 12/10/2022

It wasn't. Mexico -- the country -- has not been a colony of the United States ever.

If you mean New Mexico, it also wasn't a valuable territory; it was only the means to expand American holdings to the Pacific (i.e.: California).

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