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MEXICAN AMERICAN
WARA just or unjust war?
CAUSES Fulfill Manifest Destiny
Texas Annexation
Border Dispute – Rio Grande vs. Nueces River American Blood shed on
American soil
MANIFEST DESTINYBelief that God desired for the United States to be a
nation that would stretch from “sea to shining sea.”
TEXAS ANNEXATIONMexico encouraged Americans to
settle in the Texas region to encourage farm and trade
As Americans settled in Texas they developed their own way of life and some brought slaves (which was illegal in Mexico)
The Texans became frustrated with Mexico, had a revolution, and then asked the United States to “annex (accept)” them as a state
When the United States annexed Texas, Mexico was outraged
BORDER DISPUTEMexico claimed the Nueces River
was the boundary between the United States and Mexico
United States claimed the Rio Grande was the border between the United States and Mexico
American troops sent to the border to guard…crossed into disputed territory and Mexican troops fired upon them
President Polk cries “American blood spilled on American soil.”
PEOPLE
President James K. Polk
General Zachary Taylor
Ulysses S. Grant
Robert E. Lee
Santa Anna
KEY EVENTS
American soldiers killed in the disputed territory
$30 million offer for California and New Mexico
Battle of Palo Alto
EFFECTSMexico feels as if this was an unjust war – We stole half their land
United States gains California and New Mexico and the border becomes the Rio Grande River
United States becomes a continental nation
New Land = new opportunities = new problems