Romulus Augustus was the last great emperor of the western part of the Roman Empire.
Interesting document.
It was issued by the German Foreign office (January 1917) proposing that Mexico should align itself with Germany in the even America enter the war. Germany was pleading for an alliance that would keep America busy dealing with an attack from the south. Fortunately it didn't work.
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It created hostility towards slavery among Northerners who had been indifferent.
According to George Washington the nation would have split up if it stayed a confederation.