They both instead territory in the US, resulted in territory being taken from the US, and both involved land being forcibly taken from Mexico
Slave code, in U.S. history, any of the set of rules based on the concept that enslaved persons were property, not persons. Inherent in the institution of slavery were certain social controls, which enslavers amplified with laws to protect not only the property but also the property owner from the danger of slave violence. The slave codes were forerunners of the black codes of the mid-19th century.
I believe it is the 2nd option.... "Its political system cannot be easily changed.
