The Mexican American War was the first war that the United States primarily fought on foreign soil of which led to great amounts of bloodshed at the detriment of Mexico. The United States originally provoked the war as U.S. president James K. Polk set his eyes on expanding west as he believed in “Manifest Destiny”. The War was a result of the United States Annexation of Texas. Texas was its own Republic from 1836 through 1845 after winning it war for Independence. Mexico although never recognized its independence while the United States did recognize Texas as a sovereign country in 1837 but it did decline to annex the territory. Mexico originally permitted a few hundred Americans to move into its territories of which settled in some areas of Texas and New Mexico. It was the Austin Family who originally asked Mexico for permission to create
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The British didn’t want to add Texas to the British Empire, but they did want to halt the westward expansion of the United States, secure commercial advantages from Texas Trade, and they wanted to mess with the tradition of slavery.2 President John Tyler decided that it was important for Texas refrain from becoming a satellite of Great Britain and proposed annexation. This attempt at annexation failed once again when it was rejected by the U.S. senate in June 1844. President John Tyler was worried that the annexation of Texas needed to occur soon if Texas were to remain out of British influence so he suggested that annexation would occur only in a joint resolution in which Texas would be awarded Statehood on certain conditions. In February 28, 1845, the United States Congress passed the annexation resolution and Andrew Jackson Donelson went to Texas to support its approval. October 1845 the Texas State Constitution was ratified by popular vote and accepted by the U.S. in December 29, 1845.
The British didn’t want to add Texas to the British Empire, but they did want to halt the westward expansion of the United States, secure commercial advantages from Texas Trade, and they wanted to mess with the tradition of slavery.2 President John Tyler decided that it was important for Texas refrain from becoming a satellite of Great Britain and proposed annexation. This attempt at annexation failed once again when it was rejected by the U.S. senate in June 1844. President John Tyler was worried that the annexation of Texas needed to occur soon if Texas were to remain out of British influence so he suggested that annexation would occur only in a joint resolution in which Texas would be awarded Statehood on certain conditions. In February 28, 1845, the United States Congress passed the annexation resolution and Andrew Jackson Donelson went to Texas to support its approval. October 1845 the Texas State Constitution was ratified by popular vote and accepted by the U.S. in December 29, 1845.