The Mexican-American War

The Mexican-American War was a quite large war that occurred from April 25, 1846 to February 2, 1848. The war greatly affected both Mexico and the United States. The war affected Mexico so much because, in the end, Mexico lost over 500,000 square miles of land to help end the war. The United States were affected in a large way as well. The United States paid Mexico $15 million, and in return Mexico gave the United States over 500 square miles of land, which supported Manifest destiny. So, The Mexican-American war supports exchange.

The Mexican-American War also helped the United States grow and get one step closer to achieving manifest destiny. Manifest destiny is the belief that the United States has the right to own all land from the east …show more content…
This historical war consisted of many battles. The first battle of the war was the Thornton Affair Battle. This battle was fought on April 25-26, 1846. The Mexican-American War supports the encounter because there were many wars. Every single war the two countries encountered each other at a certain point, usually at the boarder of the two …show more content…
The United States’s belief in manifest destiny was one of the most important things in New Mexico’s growth. The annexation of New Mexico made it possible for New Mexico to get more money, visitors, and popularity.

One of the main contributors of New Mexico becoming a state was manifest destiny. Manifest Destiny is the belief that the United States had the God given right to own all of the land from the East coast to the West coast. Manifest destiny is what drove the United States to annex all of the states, including New Mexico. Manifest destiny is what gave the United States the confidence, the encouragement, and the want the United States needed to continue its dream of manifest destiny and to make New Mexico a new state.

The Mexican-American war was fought by our ancestors, and the brave men that fought in that war were all willing to give their lives so that we could have a better life. So that we could be happier, and so we can have the freedom we need. The freedom we have but most other places on the world don’t have. We have the choice of religion, freedom to play the sports we want to play, freedom to get an education to one day support our families. As citizens of the amazing United States, we have the freedom to live freely as we would like to. I am so very grateful for the Mexican-American War because without it I would not have the amazing life I have now with my amazing