<span>The Americans did not want a king in charge of their government/country. </span>
When Mexico achieved its independence from Spain in 1821, New Mexico became a province of Mexico, and trade was opened with the United States. ... Two years later, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded New Mexico to the United States, and in 1853 the territory was expanded to its present size through the Gadsden Purchase.
Cosmologists :)
Oceanographers study the ocean, meteorologists study the weather and geologists study rocks.
Christianity was driven through the new west from the east and brought revival to churches.