War and violence. While epidemic disease was by far the leading cause of the population decline of the American indigenous peoples after 1492, there were other contributing factors, all of them related to European contact and colonization. One of these factors was warfare.
It could be because the area was of water that both sides
needed to supply their troops. Another
reason was when the Allies launched Operation Torch, it would enable them to
get hold of the Mediterranean so their ships could have a place to dock. It also would persuade the French to help the
Allies.
Ndependence (1810–1821) Mexico Mexican Insurgents European Volunteers Mexican Ex-Royalists Army of the Three Guarantees
Long Expedition (1819) First Mexican Empire Army of the Three Guarantees
Texas–Indian Wars (1820–1875) First Mexican Empire Spain United States Texas Choctaw Republic
Main idea: Cultural hearths promoted by the spread of new ideas, practices, and technology in different parts of the world.
