00:00The United States had stolen all this territory to Mexico, and here is how.
00:04During the XIX century, Mexico started to sell the land to American colonists,
00:09who then revolted and made of Texas a independent country,
00:13which was quickly annexed by the United States.
00:16But how did the United States acquire the rest of this Mexican territory?
00:21Well, the president of the time, James K. Polk,
00:25was upset by the acquisition of the California of Mexico.
00:27So he sent to Mexico an offer of 20 millions of dollars to buy the territory.
00:33The Mexicans refused this offer, so he developed a quite doubtful plan.
00:37He sent American soldiers to this region contested to Texas,
00:41who then were taken for cible and captured by the Mexican army.
00:45He used this event as a call of rallying for the United States to declare war in Mexico.
00:51The United States, being the strongest power of the two, have easily won this war.
00:56They paid 15 millions of dollars to Mexico,
00:59which had to give to this territory to the United States in less than 20 years.
01:04Mexico has lost more than half of its territory,
01:07thanks to the United States.
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