until the Mexican-American War of 1845. And even then Texas didn't immediately join the US. It was another 3 years after that before the US took the rest of the territory to California. So 1848 would have been the first time Mexico would have arguably looked like a beard to the USA. Could the joke be that old?
Friday, August 14, 2009
Mexico tee
With yesterday's Canada-as-US'-hat t-shirt design, we'll finish the week with Mexico as USA's beard. Now this joke can't be much older than the late 1800's, because before that Mexico didn't look like America's beard. In fact Mexico was as big as or even larger than the USA 
until the Mexican-American War of 1845. And even then Texas didn't immediately join the US. It was another 3 years after that before the US took the rest of the territory to California. So 1848 would have been the first time Mexico would have arguably looked like a beard to the USA. Could the joke be that old?
until the Mexican-American War of 1845. And even then Texas didn't immediately join the US. It was another 3 years after that before the US took the rest of the territory to California. So 1848 would have been the first time Mexico would have arguably looked like a beard to the USA. Could the joke be that old?
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