And one more clarification:
Mexicans lost their historical claim/right to live in their former northern provinces when the Mexican society as a whole lost the will to fight for them, grudgingly accepted the territorial loss and did nothing to take them back for 200 years.
The Treaty of Guadalupe itself (signed after the country was invaded by an foreign army of occupation) WOULD BE JUST A PIECE OF PAPER IF IT HADN'T BEEN RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTED BY THE MEXICAN SOCIETY.
Ultimately, what legitimized the landgrab of Mexico's nothern provinces was not a piece of paper signed under duress by Mexico's political leaders.
What legitimised America's posession of the Southwest was the acceptance of the landgrab by the MEXICAN SOCIETY.
Mexicans lost their historical claim/right to live in their former northern provinces when the Mexican society as a whole lost the will to fight for them, grudgingly accepted the territorial loss and did nothing to take them back for 200 years.
The Treaty of Guadalupe itself (signed after the country was invaded by an foreign army of occupation) WOULD BE JUST A PIECE OF PAPER IF IT HADN'T BEEN RELUCTANTLY ACCEPTED BY THE MEXICAN SOCIETY.
Ultimately, what legitimized the landgrab of Mexico's nothern provinces was not a piece of paper signed under duress by Mexico's political leaders.
What legitimised America's posession of the Southwest was the acceptance of the landgrab by the MEXICAN SOCIETY.