Answer: A three-stage method for admitting a new state to the Union: a congressionally appointed governor, secretary, and three judges to rule in the first phase; an elected assembly and one non-voting delegate to Congress to be elected in the second phase when the population of the territory reached "five thousand free male
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In the Mexican-American war, the Mexican's were not prepared for the battle: they did not have a strong enough army to handle America and they were already falling apart.
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