The Mexican Cession

“The invasion was threatened solely because Texas had determined… to annex herself to our Union; and, under these circumstances, it was plainly our duty to extend our protection over her citizens and soil.”(Polk 325)Texas and the United States believed that the Rio Grande was considered as the border between Mexico and Texas. But the river that Mexico believed as the border was the Nueces River. The two countries didn’t have the same perspective of the borders. In 1821, Mexico declared itself free from its mother country, Spain. The Texans won their independence from Mexico in 1836.The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because of the Manifest Destiny, Texas wanted

Polk had said that Mexico were planning on an invasion and declared war on Mexico. This didn’t show that we show not be afraid or fear military ambition. It showed how selfish man can be just to gain more territory because they believed that it was their right to expand the country. Mexico only wanted what was theirs after claiming independence from Spain, and not have it taken away. Texas was under Mexico law, and Mexico banned slavery. Many Americans settlers did live in Texas at the time and knew it was against Mexico’s law but still had slaves anyways. The war lasted for three years, but soon Mexico decided to sign a peace treaty that gave territories to America. America paid Mexico 15 billion for lands that are known today as California, Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and

During the Mexican Revolution there were many prominent figures that emerged during the long struggle. Some of the figures had a positive impact on the region, and some others a very negative impact on the people of Mexico and their quest for an uncorrupted government. One figure that stands out in the border region between Mexico and The United States during this time is General Francisco “Pancho” Villa. To understand Pancho Villa’s significant role during this uprising it is important to understand who Villa was prior to the revolution, and what acts lead to his rise to power.

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 territory between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River was disputed, so the Mexicans were able protect the land in which they believed was theirs. Because of the dispute between the land, both countries thought that the land was theirs. Furthermore, Texas was annexed without the consent of Mexico. President Polk used this as an excuse to start war, but things could have been avoided. For example, the U.S. bought land for railroads from Mexico during the “Gadsden

The US was provoking Mexico. The president played a big role in annexing Texas, he set up troops to defend against Mexico taking back Texas. John O’Sullivan also told Mexico that they were going to take California after taking Texas. Polk supported and played a big role in Texas being annexed. (Doc.A) The US needed his approval mainly to make Texas part of the US. The government voted that Texas should be annexed but without the President saying yes it would have taken a lot longer then it did to make Texas a part of the US. The President set up troops to fight with the Mexicans increasing the level of the situation also. Document B says the President set up troops between the Nueces and the Rio Del Norte. He did this because he felt that Mexico

In 1844, James K. Polk, who favored annexation, was elected president of the United States. Following his choice, Mexico once again reminded America that the annexation of Texas would be perceived as an act of war. However, the Americans were more focused on the land they would be in control of if Texas were annexed. On March 1, 1845 Congress passed the proposal for Texas’ annexation, making it officially part of the United States. Though it was official, Mexico still didn’t recognize Texas as part of the U.S. The Mexican ambassador claimed that the U.S had illegally taken control of Mexican land. Polk then sent his negotiator, John Slidell, to Mexico to offer them five million dollars for New Mexico and twenty-five million dollars for California.

From the passage from the 1849 texbook, there was discprencies about the even when comparing to later excerpts. They said that Mexico was jealous of the American government and that if Texas was annexe, they would think it be quite a hostile act against them. After that, they talked about how there was talk negotiations between them and yet the Mexican's went straight ahead and organized troops to take Texas back. In the passage from the 1880 textbook, it felt more like the writer wanted to write a fiction book by the way they casted the events with such vague descriptions. There was no real analyisis of the events that unfolded. In 1911, the idea that the American people were only only preparing and guessing that the Mexican government was going to launch a strike against them was the one theory that seemed to stick for years to come. The author said that President Polk was expecting a fight so he sent his general to the territory in preparation for what was going to happen. It wasn't until 1966 where there was finally light brought to the issues surrounding the war and how the President was becoming more and more impatioent about the issue of not gaining the territory they were fighitng over and knowing the unwillingness of the government to hand it over. There seemed to be issues in deciding who actually started the war, whether it be with the troops being sent to the Rio Grande or Polk's

The Mexican American War fought from 1846 to 1848 was a battle over territory and the first conflict conducted entirely on foreign land. James K. Polk, the United States eleventh President, was an ambitious, growth motivated president who wanted to spread the United States continent to the Pacific Ocean. Mexico, led by Santa Anna, on the other hand was politically divided and had a military completely unprepared for battle. The American government had over 50,000 volunteers added to their army to help fulfill Polk’s “manifest destiny” to expand United States territory. The victor of this war would either greatly expand their land or keep their already owned land (Nardo 27,48,52). Even though the Mexican American War was not a well known war

The Mexican-American war determined the destiny of the United States of America, it determined whether or not it would become a world power and it established the size of the United States of America. Perhaps the war was inevitable due to the idea of Manifest Destiny - Americans thought they had the divine right to extend their territory. The Mexican-American War started mainly because of the annexation of the Republic of Texas (established in 1836 after breaking away from Mexico). The United States and Mexico still had conflicts on what the borders of Texas was, the United States claimed that the Texas border with Mexico was the Rio Grande, but the Mexicans said that it was the Nueces River, so the land in between were disputed and

In 1836 Texas received independence from Mexico, James K. Polk had a plan he offered to buy the territory from Mexico but they declined it. Then Mexico heard about the U.S mission and got worried about losing control of the rest of their territory. They started making rules that U.S could not come on their land. Polk still had a back up plan after he heard about the new rule. On April 25, 1846 Americans stepped foot on Mexican land to fight in battle. Americans barrage in on Mexican cities

O'Sullivan wrote favorably of the U.S. annexing Texas, an area that the U.S. saw as not belonging to any other nation. Following Texas’ successful war of independence against Mexico in 1836, President Martin van Buren held back from annexing Texas after the Mexicans threatened war. Accordingly, while the United States extended diplomatic recognition to Texas, it took no further action concerning annexation until 1844, when President John Tyler resumed negotiations with the Republic of Texas. His efforts reached a pinnacle on April 12 in a Treaty of Annexation, an event that caused Mexico to end diplomatic relations with United States. However, President Tyler lacked the votes in the Senate to validate the treaty, and it was defeated by a wide margin in June. Shortly before he left office, Tyler tried again, this time through a joint resolution of both houses of Congress. With the support of President-elect Polk, Tyler managed to get the joint resolution passed on March 1, 1845, and Texas was admitted into the United States on December 29.(3) I point this out as a way of observing the nation during this time. We had the Louisiana Purchase, which provided us with a massive amount of land stretching from the port of New Orleans to what is Wyoming today. While a small portion of the Texas panhandle and the Red River was part of the Louisiana purchase, the majority

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 2nd Component of the Compromise of 1850 divided the Mexican Cession in 2 (New Mexico and Utah). At the end of the Mexican War, the “Mexican Cession" referred to lands surrendered to the US. Mexico felt like their loss of a huge part of its territory was an embarrassment and created anger toward the citizens. The US got the territory that became California, Nevada, Utah, and Arizona.

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