The Mexican American Invasion

During this conflict, Mexico had a different point of view. They Claimed and wanted the Texas Border to be the Nueces river. This was because Mexico wanted most of the rich land in Texas. They also thought that the Mexicans had the right to

The cause of the war and the reasons American became involved are two vital questions that must be addressed before examining any other issues. The birthing forth of the conflict came through the Presidential election of James K. Polk, who promised to bring forth unity by bringing both Texas and Oregon into the union. After Congress voted to annex Texas into the union Texas became a state. During this time President Polk began negotiation with Britain about Oregon also becoming part of the U.S., but the British were unwilling to surrender without a compromise in which a territorial dividing line was implemented by extending the already existing boundaries between the U.S. and Canada to the West Coast. However, the negotiation with Texas was overruled and although Mexico could not prevent Texas from claiming dependency, the Mexicans, with absolute certainty would not allow Texas borders to reach into the river of Rio Grande and so war was declared.

“The combination of American troops at the Rio Grande...angered the Mexican government.” (Roden 317). Mexico thought soldiers were deep into Mexico, while the US thought they were in Texas. “The incident occurred in the disputed territory” (Roden 315). According to this, no country really “owned” Texas. Mexico had the Nueces River as their border, while the US thought the Rio Grande to be the border (Roden 315). The borders were mixed up, so no one country was in their own land, nor could they know if they were invading another land. The Mexican government had to protect their border, the Nueces (Velasco-Marquez 327). This Information shows: Mexico’s border was at the Nueces. This was technically the real border. This evidence shows the US was not justified in going to war because the borders were mixed up. The US should not have gone to war because of mixed up

A 323). Mexico had other laws and beliefs then the Texans. In document D it says, “Slaveholders...with their slaves…”. This quote shows Mexico could not enforce the law. Mexico was also crossing US borders (Polk 325).

From 1846 through 1848, a war broke out between the US and Mexico, over the land that we now call Texas. Originally, the land was Mexican but due to America’s idea of “Manifest Destiny” America declared it their own. The two countries both thought they owned the land and an attack on April 25, 1846 led to an inevitable war started by the United States. The US was justified in going to War with Mexico because the two countries couldn’t agree on a border, Mexico attacked the US first and and America thought God was telling them to continue to expand their country, so they were trying to follow their religion.

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

Now Mexico had just won independence from Spain in the year of 1821, and gained tons of land. Mexico had so much land, it was equal in size to the United States, and the leaders of Mexico realized that the northern territories were not being put to use. To solve the issue Mexico invited U.S. settlers to come to Texas, however, Americans had to follow Mexico’s rules but everyone knows Americans would never do that. The Mexican-American War was justified because of the manifest destiny, the United States being attacked, and the land situation. Manifest Destiny…Manifest Destiny….Manifest

The Mexican American War is still a very controversial topic today. Back in 1821, Mexico won independence from Spain inheriting a large amount of land and becoming the Republic of Mexico. After acquiring their independence, in 1835, the Mexican government wrote a new constitution that centralizes the governments power and abolishes slavery in Mexican territory. This greatly upsetted the Americans residing in Texas due to the fact that they were slave owning plantation owners. The Texans then decided to fight to win independence from Mexico. The United States President, James Polk, later decided to accept the annexation of Texas and added one state to the Union. The United States and the Republic

The U.S.-Mexican war was a fierce bloodbath between two powerful countries ending with the U.S. acquiring a huge amount of land fulfilling manifest destiny. Many disputes led up to this ferocious clash most of which over the borders of the newly annexed Texas . Eventually these disputes pushed the U.S. to the limit. On March nineteenth 1846 the United States declared war on Mexico starting one of the most influential wars in Texas’ and United States’ history.

In 1846 America was at war with Mexico. 10 years before this U.S. settlers came to Tejas because of an invite from Mexico. After Americans arrived tensions grew quickly, because they refused assimilate to Mexican culture. Eventually the tensions erupted into violence when Santa Anna sent troops to Tejas and slaughtered Americans at the Alamo. Texans were enraged causing them to rebel and gain independence. Ten years later the U.S. annexed Texas, making Mexico even angrier. The two countries were later disputed over the land between the rio nueces and the rio grande. The U.S. sent soldiers to this disputed land to protect Texas citizens and were attacked by a Mexican unit. President Polk immediately declared war against Mexico. Polk was justified

The mexican war also known as the mexican-american war. Im against it because im not trying to be a war with them both but they both have a very strong army but the united states had a better army. But the u.s forces quickly occupied the capital town of Santa Fe de Nuevo México along the upper Rio Grande and the Pacific coast territory province of Alta California (Upper California), and then invaded to the south into parts of central Mexico (modern-day northeastern Mexico and northwest Mexico). The mexican declined the offer from the U.S president James K. Polk President Polk moved U.S. troops commanded by Major General Zachary Taylor further south into the disputed territory. Mexican forces attacked an American Army outpost but in their

Because both countries were disputing about the borderlines of each country, “As the United states rapidly expanded in both populations and settlements, it began to clash with its neighbors over its western and southern boundaries”(Tucker 82). Soon as Mexico gain independence from Spain in 1821, many of the settlers were growing in population leading to more expansion in the United States. Another huge issue of tension was slavery, Several settlers were slaveholders, and some insisted on bringing their slaves with them through Texas when in reality Mexico did not approve of slave practices now that they were an independent country. Eventually, they pass a law banning slavery, but many settlers ignore it. Just as president Polk was working on his campaign for the expansion of the U.S. he sends his troops to protect the borders of Texas since both countries were battling about Witch River was the border between both countries. Mexico sends their troops as well to stop the U.S soldiers from entering Mexican territory. Mexican soldiers fired and killed eleven American soldiers and fifty-two to be taken, prisoners. Once word reaches to the president James Polk, he asks the congress to declare war to Mexico considering them the aggressors as it is believed that hey kill their soldiers in U.S

The Mexican American war was a war over terrain. The Mexican government achieved its independence in 1821 so the country was very unstable and needed more money. Mexico was struggling to maintain control of the country. When mexico tried to maintain control they outlawed slavery. This caused outrage in the northern parts of mexico and a small part of mexico rebelled claiming it independence. This newly established country would become The Republic of Texas. Mexico did not however recognize Texas as a new country. Texas with a terrible economy could not stand on its own so the United States made Texas a new state. The United States in the 1800’s wanted trade routes in the pacific but mexico owned the pacific. So started border disputes on texas

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

These Northern sides were already colonized and occupied areas. The invaders were mostly looking for gold and land that they sought to obtain by all means. These people fixed their eyes to what is now known as Texas, and they stayed there, divided the Mexican land amongst themselves and enlarged their population. As a result, by the year 1835, there were more foreign settlers in Mexico than the original occupants. By 1836, the white settlers had already stolen the land, renamed it and called it the Republic of Texas (Greenberg & Shaffer, 2012). This theft of land is what has caused the war between America and Mexico for the first time and until the treaty of Guadalupe Hilaldo was signed; many lives had been lost as a result of the