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How Did America Hurt Mexico
The Mexicans were robbed of their land, their peace, and their laws. America hurt Mexico because of the things it took. In Document A we saw that Americans said that they took Texas. Mexico felt as if they had been robbed. Land had been stolen from them and they were not okay with it.The United States stole Texas because they did not pay for it. Mexico was not okay with them taking it either. This implies that the US took what did not belong to them which means that they stole the land. The Americans also robbed the Mexicans from their peace. Before America showed up in their lands they had an amount of peace. They were not worried about their borders. Then Americans showed up and their peace left because it was replaced by war. They now had
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