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California,New Mexico,Arizona,Colorado's,Nevada history and heritage is Mexican. It is not British.
There is a myth of continuity that does not exist, except perhaps in Santa Fe, which was an island to itself.
4-5 million Mexican-Americans have an ancestor that lived in California the Southwest when it belonged to Mexico.
Pre 1848.
Not one Anglo-American can trace their ancestors to California or the Southwest when it belong to Mexico. Pre -1848.
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