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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Answer:
1: Industrial Revolution and Industrialisation
2:Inspiration from the Growth of Natural Sciences
3:Inspiration provided by the radically diverse societies and cultures of the colonial empires:
The answer would be number 4, armistice is a truce to stop war and number 4 is the only one that matches.