Mexicans of American descent
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Mexicans of American descent (Spanish: Mexicanos de descendencia estadounidense) are Mexican-born people with ancestry from Americans, not considering the ethnic and racial identity. Mexico has now the largest American and American-descent population in Latin America.
[edit] History
The first American settlement in Mexico was the entry of Americans (mostly of Caucasian descent) as traders in California (at the time, Península Baja California is included as one Mexican state), Nevada, Arizona, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, and Texas – which were formerly under Mexican rule – but soon as permanent settlers. When these settlers invaded against Mexico in 1846 for the plan to acquire land from them long before they entered there, selected number of Americans who married Mexicans migrate to the rest of present land of Mexico. After a century until present, many American settlers, mostly from Gulf States) entered Mexico as businesspeople. Recent American settlers also include African Americans, Asian Americans, and Arab Americans with some Hispanic Americans of other origins (especially Puerto Ricans as they are native-born U.S. citizens) and Pacific Islander Americans (example here is actress Tongolele).
[edit] Language and Religion
Most Mexicans of American descent speak Spanish whether as first or second language and English as first or second language, the latter is spoken in a Mexican Spanish accent. Many American-blooded Mexicans study in United States to study English, since United States helped spread English as international lingua franca. In religion, most are Christians, whether Protestants or Roman Catholics.
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