This case concerns the prosecution of the Mexican-American war. The Mexican government has taken the United States to court and has charged that the U.S. government illegally went to war against Mexico and stole its territory in 1846 and 1847 and then forced Mexico to sign the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to create the state of California.
The Mexican Government claims California was illegally stolen from them and Mexico should be rightfully compensated for the loss of land (the $15,000,000 given to Mexico was simply for war losses).
Instructions
Your law firm has been given this case to win. Your role is to play either the defense attorney or the prosecuting attorney and argue whether or not this charge is true.
To make your case, use material from Pacific Eldorado Chapters 3 and 4 and at least two outside resources to write an essay arguing for or against the assertion that California was illegally stolen from the Mexican government and Mexico should be rightfully compensated for the loss of land (the $15,000,000 given to Mexico was simply for war losses).
Please let me know if you need the book
Osborne, Thomas. Pacific Eldorado, A History of Greater California, Wiley-Blackwell, 2019.
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