The Mexican American War Of Mexico

Texans revolted against their Mexican government to seek for independence. This caused the Texas annexation and revolution.

The war with Mexico abruptly started with the annexation of Texas. Though the land was originally Mexico’s, the U.S had taken part of the territory in the belief of Manifest Destiny. America thought of it as god’s

The southern desire to expand slavery was a major cause of the Mexican-American War, but there were other causes as well. The war started on April 25, 1846, and ended on February 2, 1848, with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In that treaty, Mexico ceded Texas with the Rio Grande boundary, New Mexico, and California to the United States. The desire to expand slavery in the south was perhaps the largest cause of the Mexican-American War, because southerners were in favor of Manifest Destiny and believed that the expansion of slavery was necessary to keep the slave trade alive in the U.S. Internal political conflicts were another cause of the Mexican-American War. Also, the fear that Texas could be claimed by Britain or France or that it would be uncontrollable if independent was another cause of the war. The

Most importantly, Texas disobeyed Mexico for many reasons, like their greedy actions. The U.S wanted to expand slavery in Mexico for a main purpose.

One reason the Mexican War was unjustified was because the US broke their laws. A way we broke their laws were by bringing slaves across though they did not allow it. “Slaveholders crossed the Sabine[river between Louisiana and Texas] with their slaves, in defiance of the Mexican ordinance of freedom.”{Doc.D Paragraph 3} Though Mexico had abolished slaves we ignored them and brought them with us anyway. "...Mexico decreed the abolition of human slavery…”{Doc. D Paragraph 1} This evidence shows the US was unjustified in going to war because the US has gone too far with trying to show Mexico with who deserved the land. Though we want the disputed territory to enlarge our nation we do not deserve the land because we broke laws. Mexico only wanted the land to make up for land they had lost early on.

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 United States of America was justified in going to war with Mexico. Throughout history, it has always been exceedingly dangerous to occupy the same land as another nation. Such close borders contribute to invasions or prompt a significant decrease of commerce with other foreign nations. These fears were proven to be legitimate when American soldiers investigated Mexican military near the Rio Del Norte territorial boundary. The group was attacked by Mexican soldiers, resulting in an estimated 16 Americans killed or wounded on U.S soil. Mexican soldiers ignored the boundaries of the newly annexed Texas, and then engaged American military, it provided a more than sufficient reason to claim that Mexico had supplied the means to declare war.

Before the Mexican War started, both the US and Mexico had mixed up borders. Mexico thought that their border was at the Nueces, making Texas part of Mexico.

“Slaveholders crossed the Sabine River between Louisiana and Texas with their slaves , in defiance of the mexican ordinance of freedom.”(Doc D)”Mexico was Catholic, anti slavery and wanted to keep Texans under their control. The American settlers were mostly Protestant, pro-slavery, and largely ignored Mexican authority.”(BE) This brought the extension to Slavery to mexico. Mexico didn't like slaveholders to crossing over to mexican territory this made mexico a slave country. Americans crossed over to mexico to steal their land and take over part of mexico. Many of the people from america moved over to mexico for no

They have taken the land away from the people of the United States, oh wait that’s not right. Of course people know about the Mexican- American War, but people haven’t heard both sides of the story. This conflict happened in the 1840’s starting with Americans migrating to the west. Mexico shouldn’t have allowed us to move into their territory because the people of the United Sates stole land that belonged to Mexico. When the two countries started to argue over the land, it would eventually lead to war. The United States was not vindicated in going to war with Mexico because, it was Mexico’s land, slavery, and border disputes.

In 1821, when Mexico gained their freedom from Spain, they invited American settlers to move to the province of Texas, but there were many conflicts over laws. Texas decided to rebel from Mexico by fighting for their independence, and in 1836 when the Texans won, they applied for annexation to the United States. Out of respect for Mexico, the United States said no at first. Nine years later, in 1845 the United States congress voted to let Texas join the the United States, but Mexico was not happy about this as they believed that there were different borders, and that they still owned part of Texas. With a threat of them being attacked, United States troops were sent to protect the real Texas borders from Mexico, but there they were met and attacked by Mexican soldiers.

The Mexican-American war started because of border disputes, after the annexation of Texas to the United States. The US and Mexico disputed where the border of the two countries was; therefore, causing the war. Historically, the Mexican-American War, which occurred 1846-1848, affected slavery because of events such as the Wilmot Proviso, Sectionalism, Manifest Destiny, and the Treaty of Guadalupe. Slavery was affected in these ways because of lands added to the United States, so the balance of slave states to free states had possibilities of becoming unbalanced.

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.

America during the early 19th century were dominated with reforms and compromise to maintain the union. The Temperance movement was successful in lowering the consumption of alcohol. The early abolition movement send concerns for the southerners, who rely on their agricultural based economy. The Mexican American War didn’t change America culturally and judicially. However, The Mexican Cession, extension of Slavery, and congress incompetent of passing compromises lead to drastic changes. Therefore, The Mexican American War is a turning point in American history and the debate over slavery.

The war with Mexico is long remembered as an episode, and by no means is it an unimportant one. With the events that led up to its happening, from the Manifest Destiny to the disputes on territory, it has severely marked the United States. American historians regard the Mexican-American war as “the foulest blot on our national honor”. (sfmuseum.org) Unethical actions were taken gain Mexican territory. Polk and his hunger for land drove him to find some devious way to fight a war with Mexico. His belligerent attitude in regard to this war was the “foulest blot on our national honor.” However, as one studies the events that led to it, was it an unprovoked act of aggression? Or did the US unjustifiably lure Mexico into one of the bloodiest wars on American soil?