Ethnic Issues

Journal Entry of a Subordinate Group Member
Leslie Ann Demchak
Axia College of University of Phoenix

    I chose the Mexican American group and this is how my people came over to the United States of America and how my people became of part of this great nation and   the trials and tribulations that we have faced.   From the colonization of the lands of Mexico by the Spanish in the fifteen hundreds   to the immigration of my people in renewed strength today, our great history encompasses many creations and consequence situations ( Donlan, 2008).
    The   Spaniards colonized the land now known as Mexico shortly after Christopher Columbus made his journey to the New World.   The Mexican heritage originated as a result of the fusion of Spanish culture and indigent native culture (Donlan, 2008).   I sometimes wonder how our culture would be different if it were not for the Spanish influence.
    In 1958, my ancestors first arrived in what is now called New Mexico.   There were very few that ever crossed the borders of the United States which was farther north   and east, although it has been said that the borders had crossed the Mexican (Donlan, 2008).
    The Mexican-American war started, which had started in 1846, , was primarily over the land (Donlan, 2008).   The United States of America , although had the right to the annexation of Texas.   In my opinion, Texas should still be a part of Mexico, but because it was the people in that area that decided secession from Mexico was for the best.   Many Mexicans and Americans died in the war, but in the end, Texas won the right to secede from Mexico and join the United States (Donlan, 2008).
    The Mexican-American war ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.   Not   only did the United States gain control of Texas, but California and parts of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, and Nevada gained control as well.   A majority of all this land cost the United States a paltry fifteen million (Donlan, 2008)....