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| | el crispito: Mexicanos, al grito de guerra |
 | | Mexico lost over 500,000 square miles of their territory in this war (Texas, California, Nevada, Utah, and sections of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming), which was nearly half of the country. |
 | | At the time, Antonio López de Santa Anna was president of Mexico. |
 | | , Santa Anna was a larger-than-life character that kicked Spanish butt, overthrew Mexican emperor Agustín de Iturbide so that Mexico could be a republic, and fought valiently against the French in the Pastry War. |
| www.crispy.com /mt/archives/2006/08/mexicanos_al_gr.html (1641 words) |
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