The United States And The Civil War

The war between the United States and Mexico was the first foreign battle the US had fought in as a nation. It was also the first war fought on enemy land. In 1836 Texas won its independence from Mexico. Three times, the US wanted annexation for Mexico and three times it was denied due to the impression of slavery. In 1845 Texas was claimed as a state and because of that Mexico broke all diplomatic relations with the United States. The Mexican-American War was fought between the United States and Mexico between April 1846 and February 1848. The US claimed that the dispute started over the annexation of Texas and other territories they wanted. However, it was also claimed that the US went to war to spread slavery not for the expansion of land,

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

First, the USA annexed Texas into their country without Mexico knowing that a treaty had been signed by both Texas and the USA in April of 1844. Because of this, Mexico saw this as declaration of war by the United States.

The Mexican-American War was a result of Manifest Destiny.  Manifest Destiny was a belief that Americans had a god given right to expand their border all the way to the Pacific Ocean. Not only did Americans believe that they also had a right to the land, but they also believed that they had a moral duty to civilize its occupants, which included Native Americans, Mexicans, and Spanish speaking Catholics. According to Britannica, the Mexican-American War originated from the United States annexation of Texas in 1845. Texas had been in a border dispute with Mexico at the time of the annexation  therefore, the conflict transferred to the U.S. Mexico claimed that the border ended at the Nueces River, and the United States claimed it ended at the Rio Grande River.

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.

In 1845 Texas was annexed as a state, however disputes between America and Mexico remained concerning where the border would be located. President Polk at the time had no choice but to send troops due south to defend Texas and the Thornton affair, won by the Mexicans, would force congress to declare war on Mexico.

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.

“Mexico started the war” Said James Polk. Mexico declared themselves a country in 1821 from Spain there mother country.Texas was part of Mexico but texans didn’t like being treated unfairly and related there problem to the american revolutionary.Texas declared independance from Mexico in 1836.Texas became a country for 10 years before being annexed by the united states in 1845.Texas has become a slave state. President Polk (president of United States Of America) was having some issues with mexico because in 1846, the mexican soldiers attacked 36 american soldiers.That when america got to war with Mexico.United states was justified in going to war with mexico because Mexico crossed the border and attacked 36 U.S men,the mexican government was weak,and Mexico wasn’t fair to Texas.

The Mexican American War began on May 13th, 1846, when Congress declared war on Mexico, and finally came to an end on May 26th, 1848, when both sides of the war agreed on a peace treaty (Bomboy, 2012). While this war was over, 14 years later, another one began, based on what many feel transpired as a result of the Mexican American War (Bomboy, 2012). The War began when the independent republic of Texas decided to join the United States, which Mexico considered an act of war (Bomboy, 2012). By the end of the war, 10 states had joined the Union and the size of Mexico was cut in half, including California, Texas, Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming (Bomboy, 2012). This war was important for both nations, but in America, it was exacerbated with the ongoing issue of slavery and the political climate of the country. Thousands were killed, and millions of dollars were spent, it was America’s first foreign war that was fought nearly completely on foreign soil, and forever changed the borders of both countries (Miller, 2006). Since Mexico was South, the states added to the Union were in slavery territory, and the balance between the slave states and the free states of the North was thrown off by the additional states (Miller, 2006). With 10 new states added to the United States in the South, the constant uncertainty of whether or not they should be free or slave states, and what it would mean for the previous Southern and

The land of Texas was initially owned by Spain, but became a part of Mexico when they won independence from Spain. The Mexican government allowed U.S citizens did they: promised to become citizens of Mexico and worshiped the Catholic Church. By 1825, 25,000 Americans lived in Texas in comparison to the 4,000 Tejanos, or Mexicans living in Texas. Americans living in Texas complained that they were used to governing themselves and resented taking orders from Mexican officials, that it was not suitable to them that Mexico outlawed slavery, and that all official documents were written in Spanish, a foreign language to them. The Tejanos complained that many settlers came without permission and showed little respect. The Mexican government then closed

94. The Mexican war was sparked when Texas declared their independence from mexico and become the republic of texas. This later became a good asset because it joined the union. Soon the U.S. declared war and border disputes began to tighten. The U.S. won the war, resulting in newly acquired land.

The Mexican-American War started when America annexed Texas. Texas used to be part of Mexico, and was called Tejas, but after a some time, the Tejas residents fought for their independence, until they got it in 1836. In 1845, when Texas was annexed to the U.S., Mexico and America fought numerous times about where the border was between the two countries. Mexico thought it was the Nueces River, and America thought the border was the Rio Grande. America was still expanding their property and their economy.

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

In 1821, Mexico declared independence from Spain. The Mexican government was created and started accepting Americans into their country to expand their population. Texas declares independence from Mexico in 1836 because the ‘Tejanos’ decided to revolt. Mexico was not very

In 1836 the battle at the Alamo was won by Mexico, who became free from Spain in 1821. Mexico was forced to give Texas her independence later, in 1836. The U.S. went to war with Mexico in 1846, because Mexico had pretended that they had never gave Texas their independence. U.S. President, James K. Polk, believed in Manifest Destiny, a belief that it is God’s plan to extend America’s territory all the way to the Pacific Ocean. After the war, Texas’s annexation to the U.S. was taken place in 1846.