A peace treaty ended the Mexican–American War in February 1848 and officially left California as new American territory.
The nine signers of the “Plan of San Diego,” a blueprint for a borderland bloodbath, were charged on Jan. 24, 1915 with conspiracy against the United States government.
The Battle of the Alamo in 1836 resulted in victory by Mexico, but was soon followed by independence for Texas.
Donald Trump has a painting of Andrew Jackson in the Oval Office, but as he tries to browbeat Denmark into coughing up Greenland, maybe he should add a portrait of a Jackson acolyte — James K. Polk.
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Like Trump, James K. Polk was a cold-eyed American expansionist — but even he compromised with allies to add to US territory.
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Captain Charles T. Boyd knew his orders. General John J. Pershing had told him to avoid a fight. But on June 21, 1916, ...
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Officially, the Cristero War ended on June 21, 1929, with the so-called “Agreements” between Mexican Archbishop Leopoldo Ruiz ...