Leonidas Polk

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

By 1820, Americans started to head west seeking riches, getting away from religion and find social freedom. This movement led to removal of Native Americans, expansion of the Market Revolution, the opening of the frontier, and the end of slavery. The west, between 1820 and 1844, Americans developed four territories; Texas, Oregon, Utah, and California. Each of these territories were created for different reasons (Schultz, 2013). Texas was one of the more popular western territory. Texas started

The annexation of Texas was an important event in the history of the United States of America. This event initially started with the Texas Revolution during 1835-1836. Texas separated from Mexico because American settlers and Tejanos didn’t want the laws of the Mexican government. One of these laws was the prohibition of slavery in the Mexico dictated by the Mexican constitution of 1824. Also, another disagreement was the combination of the provinces of Texas and Coahuila. Stephen Austin, founder

first.When Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 and stated that the Rio Grande was the border boundary.However in 1846,Mexican forces decided to cross the border line as it was known as an invasion against the US.On Document B President Polk stated, “The Congress of Texas,by its act of December 19,1836, had declared the Rio del Norte to be the boundary of that Republic.”(Doc B)On April 24th,1846,an American force of 70 men were dispatched to camp north of the Rio Grande. However,a larger

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

Polk was an advocate for manifest destiny( the belief that it was God’s will that they take over land), he sent troops to uphold Texas’s claim to the Rio Grande and he sent an envoy to attempt to purchase California from Mexico.According to to the Zinn

In the early years of America there was a feeling of Manifest Destiny in the nation. Manifest Destiny was the feeling that Americans were the chosen people of God and were meant to expand America to all of North America including Mexico and Canada. Of course this caused many problems with those areas along with many others, it also granted America new territories as well. One of those major conflicts was the Mexican-American war. Furthermore, the war started because America had gained Texas as

There are side why America and Mexico should go to war with one another, but the real questions is was it worth going to war with Mexico? In 1821 Mexico won its independence from Spain and now Mexico’s land was the size of United States. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because America is showing to Mexico that they are controlling their own land and Mexico does not have any control on their own land Mexico, Mexico was also being disturbed and not respected right from

with a large body of these Mexican troops, and after a short affair, in which some sixteen Americans were killed and wounded, appear to have been surrounded and compelled to surrender,”1 said by United States President James K. Polk during the Mexican-American War. James K. Polk meaning behind this quote was the description of the event itself. The war caused tension within the United States over the newly acquired territory and fulfilled Manifest Destiny through the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The

I’ve heard that people wanted Hernan Cortes to be in a museum of historical explorers, but I'm here to tell you that he should not be in that museum of historical explorers for being another villain in history. So I hope that with this information, you don’t put him in your museum. He would be better known as an explorer with one goal, fame and fortune. Hernan Cortes was a young man who dreamed of having his own fortune in the new world. When he was 19, he joined an expedition to Cuba and he realized