California became part of the Mexican republic. Mexico Liberalized trade and immigration policies, and thereafter the number of foreigners entering the province increased. Hundreds of new comers stayed, becoming the vanguard of the later invasion of California. About 1500 Anglos reached California between 1843 and 1846. They mixed less readily and there was less intermarriage. Not surprisingly, the Texas adventure affected Mexican attitudes towards immigrating Anglos. Anglo-American trade with Asia increased, and the ports of California became even more valuable. Moreover the discovery of gold by Francisco Lopez in 1842 at the San Feliciano Canyon in southern California attested to the mineral wealth of the territory. In 1835n President Andrew
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Grasping some of the motives for that war and some of its immediate effects begins to provide students the kind of historical context that is crucial for thinking intelligently about the line that separates the United States and Mexico. Polk’s main reason for war with Mexico was to get the land of California. Polk made it seem like Mexico invaded America first and that he sent troops as a measure of defense just to get the support from Congress. When in truth he actually sent troops into the disputed and Mexico responded. There are two sides of Manifest Destiny the side that is glorified and preached across the land, in support of getting the land and the effects of conquering land. Polk tried to get America to expand that it was their destiny and birth right. He tried to justify his conquest of Mexico. Most of the churches supported the war or didn’t say anything. The newspapers seemed to influence some of the citizens to get them to oppose the war. Several newspapers took the side of opposing the war. For example, a newspaper printed by the American Peace Society called the Advocate of Peace, published various forms of writing on the topics of the degradation of army life and the horrors of battle caused by the Mexican War. Garrison’s The Liberator “denounced the war as one "of aggression, of invasion, of conquest, and rapine-marked by ruffians, perfidy, and every other feature of national depravity ..."” The
Grasping some of the motives for that war and some of its immediate effects begins to provide students the kind of historical context that is crucial for thinking intelligently about the line that separates the United States and Mexico. Polk’s main reason for war with Mexico was to get the land of California. Polk made it seem like Mexico invaded America first and that he sent troops as a measure of defense just to get the support from Congress. When in truth he actually sent troops into the disputed and Mexico responded. There are two sides of Manifest Destiny the side that is glorified and preached across the land, in support of getting the land and the effects of conquering land. Polk tried to get America to expand that it was their destiny and birth right. He tried to justify his conquest of Mexico. Most of the churches supported the war or didn’t say anything. The newspapers seemed to influence some of the citizens to get them to oppose the war. Several newspapers took the side of opposing the war. For example, a newspaper printed by the American Peace Society called the Advocate of Peace, published various forms of writing on the topics of the degradation of army life and the horrors of battle caused by the Mexican War. Garrison’s The Liberator “denounced the war as one "of aggression, of invasion, of conquest, and rapine-marked by ruffians, perfidy, and every other feature of national depravity ..."” The