[Paladin2]

She shoulda raised the Spanish flag.

[Fiji Hill]

She shoulda raised the Spanish flag.

Or maybe the English flag. Francis Drake, the English privateer, claimed California for England when he landed here in 1579.

[hoosierham]

The first mistake was publication of government documents in multiple languages.

All immigrants should be encouraged to learn English.

[norwaypinesavage]

"She shoulda raised the Spanish flag."

Agreed. Cortez was able to wrest control from the Azteks with a very small party of men because of local support from non Aztek locals who despised the violence, murder, cannibalism, and terror of the Aztek leaders. It became a Spanish nation for centuries. It was the defeat of Spain that gave control to the USA.