What would you do if all of a sudden your neighbors started using your backyard because theirs “wasn’t big enough” and they wanted more space for their belongings? And once you tried talking to them about it they began fighting with you? Obviously, this might infuriate you considering that your backyard is still your property but is this a good reason to start fighting? Well similarly the US got into war with Mexico in 1846 because they wanted more land such as Texas and California. Keeping this in mind we can infer that the US wasn’t justified to go to war with them. This is considering that Mexico didn’t see the treaty about Texas’s annexation as admissible but more of a threat, the U.S was already stealing land that wasn’t even theirs, and
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This can be seen in the background essay when it says, “A special effort was made to encourage American farmers to settle in the Mexican province of Texas” This is important because it’s saying that Mexico was only trying to welcome settlers in order to increase their population and occupy the empty areas. They weren’t planning on harming anyone or cause trouble. Automatically we know that the US wasn’t justified. According to Doc A, “Imbecile and distracted, Mexico never can exert any real governmental authority over such a country” This matters because as mentioned earlier, Mexico was only trying to accommodate their American visitors. They saw the Mexican government as “imbecile and distracted” so they found it easy to take advantage of this in order for them to gain more land. In other words, Mexico was somewhat being jeopardized. Furthermore, Doc C states,”The American government acted like a bandit who came upon a traveler.” This quote is saying that Mexico (the traveler) was only trying to help and encourage Americans to come populate their land. Soon after, the United States took the opportunity to begin to take the land. Moreover, the background essay says, “Mexican soldiers had fired upon Americans on the ‘Texas side’ of the Rio Grande, President Polk had a reason for going to war” This quote is implying that Polk was just looking for an excuse to get into war. He already had his eye on the land and he was just waiting to have a real reason to go against Mexico and receive the land as their prize. In addition, Doc C says that the Mexican force felt like the United States was just pushing their buttons (increasing the possibilities of a confrontation) and they saw it as an attack. This proves that the US was slowly trying to anger Mexico in order to make them appear less guilty of the war. They were conscious that they were causing Mexico to feel
This can be seen in the background essay when it says, “A special effort was made to encourage American farmers to settle in the Mexican province of Texas” This is important because it’s saying that Mexico was only trying to welcome settlers in order to increase their population and occupy the empty areas. They weren’t planning on harming anyone or cause trouble. Automatically we know that the US wasn’t justified. According to Doc A, “Imbecile and distracted, Mexico never can exert any real governmental authority over such a country” This matters because as mentioned earlier, Mexico was only trying to accommodate their American visitors. They saw the Mexican government as “imbecile and distracted” so they found it easy to take advantage of this in order for them to gain more land. In other words, Mexico was somewhat being jeopardized. Furthermore, Doc C states,”The American government acted like a bandit who came upon a traveler.” This quote is saying that Mexico (the traveler) was only trying to help and encourage Americans to come populate their land. Soon after, the United States took the opportunity to begin to take the land. Moreover, the background essay says, “Mexican soldiers had fired upon Americans on the ‘Texas side’ of the Rio Grande, President Polk had a reason for going to war” This quote is implying that Polk was just looking for an excuse to get into war. He already had his eye on the land and he was just waiting to have a real reason to go against Mexico and receive the land as their prize. In addition, Doc C says that the Mexican force felt like the United States was just pushing their buttons (increasing the possibilities of a confrontation) and they saw it as an attack. This proves that the US was slowly trying to anger Mexico in order to make them appear less guilty of the war. They were conscious that they were causing Mexico to feel