Mexico won their freedom from the Spaniards the same way the US Won our freedom from Great Britain. And then there was a war between the US And Mexico, and the United States won that war. And We picked up California and Arizona, Utah, chunk of Colorado [after the US-Mexico war]. All of that is part of that dispute. And so this has been part of America. (01:58–02:04)
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Asserts territorial acquisitions by the US after the war with Mexico.
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