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3 SHARED EVENTSUnited States

Entangled histories

3 events in which either nation’s sourced chronicle names the other — including under earlier names of the same state. Each is the same record, with the same sources, as on its own chronicle; nothing here was written for this page.

ONE SPINE OF YEARS · TWO WALLS OF EVENTS · MEX LEFT · USA RIGHT

1. c. 1100 CE

   Cahokia at its height

   The Mississippian city of Cahokia, near present-day St. Louis, reached its peak as one of the largest urban centres north of Mexico, anchored by monumental earthen mounds.

   Culture & Ideas · from the United States chronicle · Indigenous America before contact · REFS 1 — Abraham Lincoln and Emancipation; U.S. History Collections

2. 1846-1848

   Mexican-American War

   Defeat by the United States costs Mexico roughly half its territory under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.

   War & Rupture · from the Mexico chronicle · Independence and the Early Republic · REFS 1 — Benito Juarez

3. 1 Jan 1994

   NAFTA and the Zapatista uprising

   The North American Free Trade Agreement takes effect as the Zapatistas rise in Chiapas; a peso crisis follows that December.

   Economy & Trade · from the Mexico chronicle · Modern Mexico: The PRI Era to Today · REFS 1 — Zapatista National Liberation Army (EZLN)