Yes, US annexed New Mexico and Texas, which originally belonged to Mexico.
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s_s@lemmy.one 2 years ago
When you learn that Mexicans named New Mexico…
basxto@discuss.tchncs.de 2 years ago
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Kind of. The Spanish named New Mexico in the 1600s, and it was a much larger territory than the current state. The Mexicans named Mexico in 1821 when they gained their independence from Spain, and they acquired New Mexico as well. Then the US annexed it in the late 1800s.
Spur4383@lemmy.world 2 years ago
And California…
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world 2 years ago
Spaniards named New Mexico a couple centuries before Mexico existed.
en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_Mexico
s_s@lemmy.one 2 years ago
The Mexica existed long before the Spanish arrived. They migrated to the Valley of Mexico from a land in the north they referred to as Aztlán when the Toltecs went into decline.
Nuevo Mexico was named by the Spanish in reference to this history, as they were following the Rio Grande north searching for the Cities of Gold referenced in these same Mexica (ie Aztec) legends.