The Mexican American war is considered one of the most important war in America and Mexico because the U.S gained a bunch of land which created manifest destiny. The war occurred during 1846-1848 because the annexation of Texas. The is a major turning point in American history because after the war we almost double in size.
Texas had tried to declare their independence in 1836 and Mexico didn’t want to give them their independence, Texas and Mexico went war the United States of America so that Texas could get annexed. The Republic of Texas demanded land up all the way up to the Rio Grande going off of the Treaties of Velasco. Which consisted of two parts the public treaty and the secret treaty which states termination of the conflicts that …show more content…
Polk had wanted to manifest destiny which means expand westward to find new land. The Texas annexation or also known as the Texas revolution is one of the main reasons the U.S. went to war with Mexico. An annexation is when a city or state brings more land to its territory. Texas was brought into the U.S. in 1845 as the republic of Texas which was the 28th union state. Mexico threatened the United States after James Polk claimed the river, Texas becoming independent or annexed just gave America another reason to attack that Mexico Before America and Mexico went to war Mexico was open to Indian raids which required more troops to get rid of the …show more content…
Two days after he took office, the relations between Mexico and the United States were disconnected over the American annexation of Texas. Strains continued to escalate as Polk settled the Oregon boundary with Britain, it mad the northern Democrats who were mad of the pending regional gains to the south. In May 1846, Polk assembled his Cabinet and got the cabinets approval to send messages of war with Mexico to the. The whole idea for the war was debated from the start and widely criticized by Polk's Whig opponents in Congress, though most of them did not want to vote against the bills to get the supply of troops in Mexico. On March 1847, Polk sent Nicholas P. Trist, his chief clerk in the State Department, to the country of Mexico alongside with Gen. Winfield Scott's troops in order to start treaty negotiations. Against Polk's orders and amongst great conflict, Trist signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in early February 1848. Polk had wanted more land already with California and the Southwest but was forced to settle for what Trist's treaty got the U.S. California, Nevada, Utah, most of New Mexico and Arizona, and the uncertain regions of Texas. In all, it was the largest single land gaining since the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. America went to war with Mexico to get the land that they wanted there were a
Texas had tried to declare their independence in 1836 and Mexico didn’t want to give them their independence, Texas and Mexico went war the United States of America so that Texas could get annexed. The Republic of Texas demanded land up all the way up to the Rio Grande going off of the Treaties of Velasco. Which consisted of two parts the public treaty and the secret treaty which states termination of the conflicts that …show more content…
Polk had wanted to manifest destiny which means expand westward to find new land. The Texas annexation or also known as the Texas revolution is one of the main reasons the U.S. went to war with Mexico. An annexation is when a city or state brings more land to its territory. Texas was brought into the U.S. in 1845 as the republic of Texas which was the 28th union state. Mexico threatened the United States after James Polk claimed the river, Texas becoming independent or annexed just gave America another reason to attack that Mexico Before America and Mexico went to war Mexico was open to Indian raids which required more troops to get rid of the …show more content…
Two days after he took office, the relations between Mexico and the United States were disconnected over the American annexation of Texas. Strains continued to escalate as Polk settled the Oregon boundary with Britain, it mad the northern Democrats who were mad of the pending regional gains to the south. In May 1846, Polk assembled his Cabinet and got the cabinets approval to send messages of war with Mexico to the. The whole idea for the war was debated from the start and widely criticized by Polk's Whig opponents in Congress, though most of them did not want to vote against the bills to get the supply of troops in Mexico. On March 1847, Polk sent Nicholas P. Trist, his chief clerk in the State Department, to the country of Mexico alongside with Gen. Winfield Scott's troops in order to start treaty negotiations. Against Polk's orders and amongst great conflict, Trist signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in early February 1848. Polk had wanted more land already with California and the Southwest but was forced to settle for what Trist's treaty got the U.S. California, Nevada, Utah, most of New Mexico and Arizona, and the uncertain regions of Texas. In all, it was the largest single land gaining since the Louisiana Purchase in 1803. America went to war with Mexico to get the land that they wanted there were a