What if America lost the Mexican-American war?

If Mexico had won the Mexican-American War, that ability to hold off the United States and retain control of its northern territories implies that Mexico would have been a much stabler and much stronger country. The political turmoil that dominated Mexico in the first half of the 19th century would likely never have taken place. read more

First off, America is a whole continent and not a country. It stetches from the North Pole to Tierra del Fuego. On tyhe orther hand, the United States of America and Mexico fought the ach other from 1846 to 1847. read more

The only positive side for Mexico at the aftermath of this war, was that it helped to temper the Mexican character and gave birth to a national identity that, at the time of the Mexican-American war, was pretty much nonexistent. read more