During the time Mexico “filled the void” they were in such chaos and had such a weak government there was no way they could support the Spanish settlements in what is now the Southwest U.S. which is what led to this part of the country becoming part of the U.S. without much fuss after the war. Mexico could not even get supplies to the Spanish settlements which is what led to the success of the Santa Fe trail.
It is a huge joke that Mexico would have any claim whatsoever on the Southwest.
Speaking of idiots that need to study history, my liberal neighbor when she first moved here claimed she could see why the Mexicans claimed the Southwest since they built the missions, founded settlements, claimed they founded Santa Fe! I told her not the Mexicans, the Spanish did that, the only Mexicans involved came with them as Spanish labor/slaves.
My neighbor was going to argue with me...I told her yes Spaniards...from Spain...you know Spain in Europe, that Spain. She looked like a deer caught in the headlights and fled. The woman is a retired pharmacist, thought herself to be highly educated.
No one lived in Arizona because there was no water:
In 1870, the U.S. Census reports that the Arizona Territory has a
population of 9,658. The Salt River Valley [Phoenix] has a population of 240, which included 115 Hispanics.
Exactly. Whiter/paler Mexicans routinely have more...money, education, opportunities. They just have better everything.
The darker the Mexican, the less things are open to them.
The blonde Mexican woman with blue eyes can be a star/TV personality.