that the United States was justified in going to war with Mexico. The Mexican American war started on, May,9th,1846. The war took place in Mexico very close to the border near the Rio Grande. The war started
because the Mexicans started the war when they shot at American soldiers on American soil.
One reason I believe that America was justified in going to war with Mexico was was that America wanted to
Expand their land further west, also it wasn't fair that Mexico had all this land and a very small population And America had a large population with a small amount of land on the