Taos, New Mexico

During the manifests destiny era, the white settlers of our new country were full of land-lust, they didn't think twice before taking ownership of land. "...Facts demonstrate at once our disconnected position as regards any other nation; that we have, in reality, but little connection with the past history of any of them,

because the Americans wanted to get their hands on anything that would help push the agenda of the American dream. Segwaying into individual stories of oppression is Joaquin Murieta. He was a rather interesting character from the province of Sonora in Mexico. What is rather odd is the difference from when he was growing up, and fast-forwarding to him residing in California, as he was known to be generous and mild, not “evil” and “barbaric.” Following the Mexican War was

In accordance with the New York Times article ‘’27 Million Potential Hispanic Votes. But What Will They Really Add Up To?’’ writed by Marcela Valdes, the hispanic vote is determined for a such of circumstances, which explained through different testimonies in different contexts; starting with a background about one of the most important political issues in America today. Just a couple of weeks after Clinton's acceptance for the presidential nomination, in five cities of Virginia started her campaign

Climate change is occurring across the globe and particularly in the Southwest region of the United States of America. The Southwest has a long history of warm temperatures and drought, yet the climate is currently changing like never before. This research paper will identify various case studies of Arizona tribes being threatened due to climate change’s effects of rising temperature and drought. Rising temperatures as well as drought will continue to result in an increase in the melt of snowpack

it's standard language is Spanish.All my life I've consider myself a Latina because I thought there was no difference. For example, a person from El Salvador is a Latino not a Hispanic because El Salvador is part of Latin America.While a person from Mexico is Hispanic because spanish is

On Friday, September 11, 1857, 120 emigrants were killed or massacred in southern Utah by Mormons and Paiute Indians on their way from Arkansas to California. They were part of the Baker-Fancher wagon train. Many of the emigrants were from Marion, Crawford, Carroll, and Johnson counties. They started their journey around Boone County in April of 1857 with their leader, who had been to California twice before leading the Baker-Fancher wagon train. About forty families met at Beller’s Stand. After

Sola and his family; he is traveling to Argentina for job opportunities, he writes about the places and his impression of those places. The secondary source is about Mexico in the late 1800s and its path to modernization. It states how president Diaz is an important figure in Mexico’s history due to the fact he was able to make Mexico great by achieving political stability and resolving disputes with foreign powers. There is a

after the Alamo. The Mexican War was a war between Mexico and America. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because they stole land, owned slaves, and broke Mexico’s rules. The Alamo was a previous battle site between Mexico and Texas which, although it didn’t last long, everyone was killed on the American side. Mexico in the 1800s was much larger than it was today, it took up California and part of Texas. Past wars of Mexico eventually led up to this war, the Mexican War.

ambushed American forces, the war was on the Mexicans had started a full-blown conflict. President James K. Polk asked congress to ready funds for war, congress agreed and the Mexican War began. The Mexican War ranged all throughout Texas, California, New Mexico, including Mexican interior. The Mexican armies “was stubborn and benefited from greater man power than U.S Power” (Spark Notes, 2017). But in

there are better books for children that can better showcase aspects of Mexican culture. At one point in the book, the zócalo is introduced, which is a plaza in Mexico City, Mexico. This was an interesting part, but the book does not explain what the zócalo is, I found this out through looking up the word. Based on the zócalo being in Mexico City, I assumed the entire