New Mexico

A simple observation of Mexico’s current demographic statistics makes it difficult to believe that the slave population of New Spain, modern day Mexico, was the largest in the Americas at one point in time. Just one percent of the Mexican population currently identifies as being of African descent, a significantly smaller portion of the population than other former slave colonies in the Americas. This small prevalence of the Afro-Mexican population has led to a lost history of these people,…

The Authoritarianism of Santa Anna The Mexican American war was a turning point in the history for both the United States and México. The end result of the war was México losing about half of their territory to the United States. In a time span of 22 years, Mexico would be engrossed in a period where their president changed 36 times, of which Antonio López de Santa Anna would be president eleven times. It’s hard to pinpoint exactly, if all or one of Mexico’s political figures was responsible for…

author tells a story about Wopper Barraza, who is suddenly forced to live in a culture where he has no prior experience. In Make Your Home Among Strangers by Jennine Capó Crucet, the author describes how the main character, Lizet, enters a strange new setting, and goes through self growth, as a result of the waning absence of her family. The two stories coincide due to their common theme of leaving home and trying to make it without their dysfunctional families, while paving the way towards self…

There 's been 364,000 cases of people arrested trying to enter the country. Border patrol is trying to cut down on people crossing the border lines between the U.S and Mexico. Donald Trump wants to stop illegal immigrants from coming to the U.S and making it harder on the government. Laws about immigration talks about how immigrant must follow the rules and steps to be able to come to the U.S. Cesar Chavez is help his country become a better place for his people trying the help with make people…

The book The Conquest and Discovery of Mexico by Bernal Diaz del Castillo was written in 1517-1521. Bernal del Castillo wrote his narrations while he was a Spanish soldier, who took part in the conquest of Mexico. Bernal provides small and simple narratives of his experience during the conquest of Mexico in chapters XXII and XXIII of his book. In particular, chapter XXII focus on how the Mexican society was different compared to European society in customs such as Christianity; however, chapter…

The Mexican-American War is a forgotten war that was fought over questionable motives and has greatly affected our nation. Annexation, Greed, and Manifest Destiny One cause of the M-A war was America’s admittance of Texas into the Union. Mexico was still bitter over their loss of Texas in 1836, so much that they did not recognize it as the sovereign nation it was. This is one of the reasons caused America to refrain from admitting the nation despite Texan support. Another was that Texas was a…

In 1820, Spain had opened up the territory of Texas to American colonization because it was unable to persuade its own citizens to settle the remote and fairly unpopulated land. The following year, however, Mexico gained independence from Spain. Mexico Continued Spain’s colonization plan after its independence in 1821. American colonization of Texas took place from 1821 until 1835. They were attracted here for three reasons; the first being cheap, inexpensive land. Undeveloped land in the…

problem that has plagued our nation for generations. There are so many new innovative ways used by smugglers to transport drugs it makes it near impossible to put a stop to. Whether it’s by land, sea, or air smugglers are still finding a way to slip past our Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents. Marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines make up the majority of drugs being smuggled into the United States. Many new programs, strategies, and policies have been implemented to help put an…

The Conquest of Mexico and Peru were two individual but linked events that led the Spanish to conquer over territorial empires. The historical invasions of the conquests led to many changes in Latin American history, and had effects on the Spanish present day; but changes to European cultures and trading aspects back in the 16th century are insignificant. The Conquest of Mexico was basically the capture of the Aztec Empire, which was ruled by emperor Montezuma. The Conquest of Peru was the…

around them in which most states that were thriving were democratic while they remained stuck in a single party system. This perception led to the long, challenging and unique transition into the democratic system. After Mexico achieved this change, other states surrounding Mexico also started their transition towards Democratic…