Chapter 13 Learning Objectives (Ap American History, Apush)

The Mexican American War is the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. At the time President James K. Polk was in

1. Compare and contrast the French colonies, the British colonies, and the Spanish colonies with regards to

The Mexican American war was a war between America and Mexico forces that took place in 1846 and ending in 1847. The mexican american war took place in Mexico,the war was that America thought that they were justified in going into war with mexico. The Mexican American war started when arrived that Mexican soldiers had fired upon American troops the mexican border of the Rio Grande, this War is so significant because of America winning the war and gaining even more land to America. America was not justified into going to war with mexico.

The Mexican War, Spanish Guerra de 1847, or Guerra do Estados Unidos a Mexico, are different names for the Mexican-American War. Many incidents happened even before the war officially began. Eisenhower simply and bluntly stated: “The fact is that Mexico stood in the way of the American dream of Manifest Destiny.” Manifest Destiny was just one of the causes that pushed us to war with Mexico. The first battle was at Palo Alto, a fort that was in the disputed zone. There were many battles in 2 years. The war finally grasped an end when Mexico signed a treaty in Mexico City. With the treaty, U.S and Mexico were able to reach terms. Each proceedings that happened, brought on the war that lasted from 1846-1848 and then ended with the U.S as victors.

The Mexican-American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico. It took place  on 25 April, 1846 and ended on 2 February, 1848. President Polk played a huge part in the United States government's involvement with the Mexican-American War. Not all of the American citizens supported the war. There were many individuals who were against it they just was not for it. Henry David Thoreau, an American writer and philosopher, strongly opposed the war by declaring the United States actions as unethical.

While often thought of as a small and insignificant war fought by the Americans, the Mexican-American War serves a lot of importance to the foundation and history of our country. This war determined whether or not the United States would become a dominant power on the continent and it, more importantly, established the size of the nation. The Mexican-American War lasted from 1846-1848, but by the time President James Polk took office in 1845, United States-Mexico relations were already off to a bad start. While the Mexican-American War was mainly caused by the idea of ‘Manifest Destiny’ and the Texas War for Independence/Annexation, it was also a major turning point in the debate over slavery in the United States because of the Missouri Compromise, Compromise of 1850, and the Wilmot Proviso.

Part 3: Answer the following questions based on your reading of the “The Significance of the Frontier in American History.” (8 points)

He believes that if they want to increase their power and wealth they should favor adding Texas. Andrew Jackson believed that not gaining would go against everything they stood for therefore they had to annex Texas into the country Annex of Texas was not seen as good thing to other Americans such John Calhoun a racist southern slave owner who also was congressman and was against gettting mexico into America as seen in his speech to Congress 1848.In doucement H in his speech to Congress John Calhoun through his racist mind believed that mexicans capable of a democracy and were not on the same level as them intellectually so therefore they did not need to force it upon them. This testifies that territorial expansion was not seen as good thing at all to people like Calhoun because they did not want to associate with foreigner because they are not on the same level based off social darwinism Calhoun believed that the manifest destiny was a bad thing because he supported slavery and was a white southern racist who thought that anyone who was not an Anglo was incapable and too ignorant to the of ruling a free

Document A is a magazine called “Annexation” written by John L. O’ Sulilvan in July, 1845. It was about how the country should feel elated and jubilant of the annexation of Texas because it was expanding the territory. According to Document A, it states, “(O)ther nations… hampering our power, limiting our greatness and checking the fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent.” O’ Sulilvan states that America’s manifest destiny is supported by God who’s given us the right to spread our greatness, liberty, and way of life, into the rest of the Americas. He’s also sporting the fact that Mexico would attack us for annexing a piece of land that is rightfully ours is absolutely outrageous.

Although it might not seem like the Mexican-American was a significant event in history, it was actually extremely important and has helped shape the United States into what it is today. This war between the two countries was started because Mexicans believed the border was the Nueces River, while Texans and Americans believed it was the Rio Grande, which caused confusion and anger in both countries. To make things worse, Texas decided to annex itself to the United States at a time when Mexico believed Texas still belonged to them. On April 25, 1846, the United States declared war on Mexico, and the Mexican-American War lasted all the way until February 2, 1848. However, many question whether or not the United States was justified in going

1846 to 1848 Mexico and America were at war with one another. They fought over territory and power. The Mexican American war lasted 2 years and was during President Polk’s terms. The war was in 1846, ‘47, ‘48. President Polk was our 11th President and was in office for 4 years. Before the United States started taking land, Mexico stretched from Guatemala to Oregon and was in equal size to America. Most of the problems started when Mexico realized that their land was very empty and needed inhabitants. This lead to the people that came to inhabit the land making trouble for the Mexican Leaders. Texas applied to be annexed by the US twice before the US agreed. This angered Mexico greatly. They were not okay with their territory trying to break

[Tensions between Mexico and America were present long before the start of the Mexican War in 1846. In 1845, Texas was granted statehood in the U.S. after declaring independence from Mexico. Mexico viewed the situation as an act of war because they still thought of as Texas as a part of their territory. American and Mexican relations grew even more strained when a dispute over the border was raised; the U.S. believed the border should be along the Rio Grande River and Mexico believed it should be along the Nueces River. Then, a skirmish between American and Mexican soldiers along the Rio Grande left sixteen American soldiers shot, and America later declared war in 1846.]

The Mexican-American War was the first war Americans fought on foreign soil. (Staff H. C., 2015) James K. Polk, president at the time, thought the United States had a “Manifest Destiny.” The only problem with his philosophy was that Mexico could not disagree more with America. With battles like Monterrey, Sacramento, and the Siege of Veracruz America was able to advance further in the war. The war lasted for 2

The Mexican-American war, also known as the Mexican war happened between 1846 and 1848 with the participants being United States of America and Mexico. Texas, previously a Mexican state, was the primary cause of the war. A series of disagreements had occurred between Texans and the Mexican government leading to Texas declaration of its independence in 1836. Later, Texas decided to join the United States as the 28th state and this infuriated Mexico. Additionally, border disagreements came up with Mexico claiming the border was at Nueces River while Texas claimed it was at Rio Grande River. James K. Polk, the president, sent his army to protect the border which ended up in shooting between Mexican and American troops. It is after this that

Relying in the ideal that God had been favored the United States to fulfill their destiny, the President James Polk started an expansionist campaign to annex not only Texas, but also Oregon, and California to the American territory. John L. O’Sullivan could not be imagined that his expression “Manifest Destiny” would became an ideal of the Americans territories expansion. In 1845, Sullivan stated in a New York City paper about Texas expansion, “fulfillment of our manifest destiny to overspread the continent allotted by the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.” (Fraser 299). Inspired by Sullivan’s ideal many settlers and politicians supported Polk administration and the military