where we legal immigrants when we took land from indians and mexicans in the past ?

Answer 1

Oh well, that's what happens when you think bows and arrows will help defend your nation.
The Europeans used bows and arrows once upon a time. In fact theirs were far superior than what the indians used.
To think, even in the late 19th century, the indians still hadn't built their own munition factory.
I may be 6% apache myself, but I learned the historical lesson that some of my ancestors didn't. My other ancestors, the ones from Europe, also found out the technology lesson centuries ago.

Answer 2

Many people don't realize that there were immigration laws even in the 1800's. In the 1700's the only people who were able to own land were free white males free of debit. As far as Mexico goes the Mexican government at the time did not back Santa Ana when he basically traded his country at that time. He was a General not a member of the presidency nor could he make the deal under the laws at the time. So basically you had Mexican families where women owned the land or a business, who basically had their private property taken away. Because at the time women in the United States were not allowed to own property or land or even have a business, it was all under their father's name or brother's or husband.

As far as Native Americans goes they were treated horribly even in the 1900's. They should of never had those things happen to them. They US government did break contracts with them time and time again. Worse yet they were not granted citizenship until the mid 1900's, talk about ironic.

The US had issues with immigrants in the 1800's and 1900's but many people will say it's a different topic. Actually the same things are being said today. There was illegal immigration bad then. Also, there were immigration laws in the 1700's and in the 1800's. Not everyone who came to this country came through a port of entry or an immigration office. That's why immigration was set up in place.

I don't think they teach that part in a regular history class in high school, you basically have to take upper level courses of US history to know that information.

Answer 3

Did the American Indians or the Mexicans have any immigration laws that covered people coming into their country? If not I guess the land was there for the taking.

Answer 4

Yes. there were no laws saying that we couldn't come over or presribing the proper methods by which we were to join the north american populace.

And as far as taking land from Mexico goes, check your history. Texas (which included everything north of the Rio Grande) left Mexico when the, then mexican citizens won independance (just like when the 13 colonies won independance from britain). The other western states were ceeded to the US at the end of the Mexican American war. A war which Mexico started by invading Texas.

Answer 5

The past doesn't matter in terms of this because we cannot change it. We cannot live to right the wrongs from the past.
It makes no sense and we are already crippled from people living for the here and now with little consideration for the future. We live in a disgustingly self-centered and selfish world. I thank God for the people that are not like that at all. We need more of them because things would be better off. But these people just don't seem to flourish. A lot of good people succumb to superficial values. I just came back from a trip in California. It was eye opening.

Answer 6

Keep going back and back and back and guess what there were no people! Get over it, you Mexicans weren't the first in your country either. You people crack me up. Bet you didn't know there are indians in mexico. We didn't take any land. We fought for it in war or purchased it.

Answer 7

That would be impossible, since the rule of law at that time did not make such considerations. The more global question is why do mainstream Mexicans treat their indigenous Indian population so badly? That is a much more relevant issue, isn't it?

Answer 8

Yes. Back then there was no such thing as illegal immigrants. If you wanted land you fought for it. Whoever won got to keep it. They lost and they need to get over it we're not giving them anything back.

Answer 9

Don't know about you but I wasn't born yet. I didn't do anything. I didn't steal anything. I was born here.....I obey the law......what happened in history, right, wrong, or indifferent isn't my problem. I don't have the means to time travel and fix anything. If we actually did anything wrong to begin with. People fought, people died, fairly or un-fairly on all sides. People lost....people won. Deal with it. You don't drudge up stuff from hundreds of years ago and expect the living now to pay for something they had no part in.

Answer 10

Of course not. It was called free land. By the way, the USA bought everything that Mexico owned. The ones that got scr*wed big time were the Indians.