... made Mexico retarded in its ability to manage such a large area of land and made American expansion that much easier. Mexico was deeply and bitterly divided by the Centralist and Federalist powers within the country and this made it impossible for either side to make any positive progress. Another factor that led to instability, was the effect that President Santa Anna ... that were being issued by Mexico to get people to settle there. These Americans were for the most part settled in the Sacramento valley. California was split between Centralist and Federalist supporters, and Polk had ...

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... what he got from his citizens was a revolution. How so? His tenure had shown he had built a most authoritarian and centralist police state out of what was essentially a liberal and federalist Constitution. Effective suffrage? Non-existent. His judges, legislators, local officials, and army men were just that - his - or they were replaced by more compliant ones. His Rurales assured the landowners ... ...

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