1. not many settlers where there and those that were living in those areas were neglected by the Mexican government.
2. on may 12,1846, the united states senate voted 40 to 2 to go to war with Mexico. president james k.polk had accused Mexican troops of having attacked Americans on u.s. soil, north of the rio grande. but Mexico claimed this land as its own territory and accused the Americans military of having invaded.
3. in early 1848, both the us and Mexico signed the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. under this agreement, Mexico gave up Texas and a cast region called the Mexican cession. the return, the united states agreed to pay Mexico $15 million. it also promised to protect the 80,000 to 100,000 Mexicans living in Texas and the Mexican cession. but, most of these promises were not kept. some senators argued that the US had no right to any Mexican territory other than Texas.some argued that new Mexican and cali even combined were worthless. other senator opposed that treaty because they wanted more land.
Answer:
There are many factors that led to the decline of the Aztec Civilization such as sacrifices, disease and the Spanish conquest.
Explanation:
⇒Sacrifices
Sacrifices had a big impact on the Aztec population. thousands of people were killed in order to please God.
⇒Disease
Disease played an important part in the decline of the Aztec population, Aztec caught the disease (smallpox) after the arrival of the Spanish. Smallpox quickly spread among the population and people had no resistance and did not know how to treat it. In many cases, everyone in a house died. With no time to bury so many people, houses were simply demolished over the bodies. it is believed that 25% of the empire was lost to the disease. But more importantly, the Aztec chain of command was in ruins. The emperor, Cuitláhuac, died of smallpox, along with many of the leaders of the army.
⇒Spanish conquest
The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most significant in the fall of the Aztecs. It began in February 1519, and the spanish were declared victorious on August 13, 1521, when an army of Spanish led by Hernán Cortés and Xicotencatl the Younger captured Tenochtitlan, the capital of the Aztec Empire
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