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Originally Posted by Grapesoda
that's a funny as give 'California back to the Mexicans'... attention dumb mother fuckers... it was SPAIN, SPAIN owned California ..  |
Umm Spain first laid claim to it, but It became part of Mexico in 1821 after Mexico won it's independence during it's revolution. It was then ceded to the United States in 1848 after the Mexican American war.
So yes the US did take it from Mexico not Spain..