Mexican-American War Dbq

Over the years there have been many controversial debates as to whether it was a clever idea to admit Texas into the Union. In the beginning of Texas’ succession from Mexico, Texas was clueless as to what to do about their past ally country, for a long period of time there was tension everywhere. Soon after Texas’ sucession from Mexico, Mexico decided to declare war since they decided that it was unfair how Texas left. And so to they chose to accept war with them to defend themselves. There are so many reason as to why Texas chose this. Reason that anyone from this era should easily be able to explain why they chose such a plan. However, since nobody who is reading this is from that era, that is what this essay is going to elucidate for you. It will explain how the Mexican-American War was such a waste of time and money, and why Texas should not have admitted into the union for various reasons. Although Mexico abolished most of its slavery in 1829, an exemption was made for Texas which had many slaves as a result of extensive cotton production by the Anglo-Settlers, …show more content…
Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its southern border, while Mexico claimed the Nueces River to the north, so this caused border dispute. “Texas never controlled the territory of current day New Mexico…” (boundless.com). Texas was always trying to take land that was not theirs. “The westward movements of Americans and Manifest Destiny have been established as the overall causes for the Mexican-War.” (mexica.net). People kept trying to move west causing them to step into Mexican territory. “…it attempted to conquer that land in the Santa Fe expedition of 1841.” (boundless.com).Texas was capturing territory that they had no right to own since before the Mexican-American War. Mexico didn’t stop thinking that Texas was still theirs no matter where they put the boundary line