The occupation of conquered territory began following the Texas and Mexican-American wars and U.S. aggressions. It cost 12,000 lives and $10m, for a gain of a colony 2.5 times as big as France, rich farmland, natural resources like gold, silver, zinc, oil, and uranium, stimulated commerce and industry (mining, agriculture and stock), ports and ocean access. Mexico was left shrunken, and hindered in its ability to build its economy. The wars left a legacy of hatred. They left immediate losses, loss of dignity, and huge economic disadvantages lost by absence of rivers, oil resources, boundaries, tillable land and justice.
The Spaniards conquered Tarasco after the Azteca, subduing Oaxacan natives, and eventually conquering the Maya, who fled …show more content…
Political tensions mounted, and by 1855, thousands had left to the north of the country; the state's authorities claimed to have lost millions in addition, and even implied that Mexican local governments facilitation of the process. Upon demanding actions for their "property's" recovery, Mexicans refused, and Euro-Texan groups explored the border looking for their runaways, compelling anxieties to rise. Violence and political tensions mounted as the situation escalated. Mexicans and Euro-Texans began behaving hostile to each …show more content…
Their territory spanned parts of the Gulf Coast, including Veracruz, Tabasco and northern Central America. The Olmeca domesticated maize and other crops, and introduced the art and practice of pottery, which served importantly as a means to store food. Their society, developing further, was very patriarchal, and the Olmeca were known to construct large temples, huge stone head structures and public buildings. Trade networks linked the Olmeca with Oaxacan and Mexican peoples of their day. The Olmeca developed hieroglyphic script, the beginnings of complex calendars requiring complex mathematical theory, knowledge of astronomy, scripts depicting history and literature, records of art and crafted figures, religious art and sports in their complex
The Spaniards conquered Tarasco after the Azteca, subduing Oaxacan natives, and eventually conquering the Maya, who fled …show more content…
Political tensions mounted, and by 1855, thousands had left to the north of the country; the state's authorities claimed to have lost millions in addition, and even implied that Mexican local governments facilitation of the process. Upon demanding actions for their "property's" recovery, Mexicans refused, and Euro-Texan groups explored the border looking for their runaways, compelling anxieties to rise. Violence and political tensions mounted as the situation escalated. Mexicans and Euro-Texans began behaving hostile to each …show more content…
Their territory spanned parts of the Gulf Coast, including Veracruz, Tabasco and northern Central America. The Olmeca domesticated maize and other crops, and introduced the art and practice of pottery, which served importantly as a means to store food. Their society, developing further, was very patriarchal, and the Olmeca were known to construct large temples, huge stone head structures and public buildings. Trade networks linked the Olmeca with Oaxacan and Mexican peoples of their day. The Olmeca developed hieroglyphic script, the beginnings of complex calendars requiring complex mathematical theory, knowledge of astronomy, scripts depicting history and literature, records of art and crafted figures, religious art and sports in their complex