When land transferred from the control of Mexico to the United States, there were certainly implications for the Mexican elite. But what communities — which had been on these lands longest of all — were subjugated under both Mexican and U.S. regimes? If the Mexican elite suffered during expansion, what do you think was the implication for the mestizo and Indian communities?

When land transferred from the control of Mexico to the United States, there were certainly implications for the Mexican elite. But what communities — which had been on these lands longest of all — were subjugated under both Mexican and U.S. regimes? If the Mexican elite suffered during expansion, what do you think was the implication for the mestizo and Indian communities?