... to pay back their debts. So American Financial elites got word to the President and they wanted either the Mexicans money or their concessions. The President sent Rosencrantz on his behalf to Mexico to talk about the severity of the problem that they have with debt. Rosecrantz went to the Kennedy national Bank before going to Mexico. Diaz went to James Stillman ... protect itself from outside powers. Evidence of U.S. expansion is seen with the independence of Texas from Mexico. The strongest evidence of U.S. expansion goals is with the Mexican-American War. From the beginning, the war was...

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... while Northerners opposed the war for the same reason. C. 1846- The Bear Flag Republic established. American citizens were an active presence in California first in the sea otter trade and then operating ranches. In 1846, Americans tired of Mexican rule, seized the administrative capital at Sonoma before word arrived about the outbreak of hostilities between Mexico and the US. The short-lived Bear ... Flag Republic was born. A stitched flag, whose star and a grizzly bear's likeness, was raised on the public square in Sonoma. Very important in these events was ... persecution. And so, in...

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