Mexican War of Independence

Due to a treaty with Great Britain, Polk was able to add a majority of the Oregon territory to the U.S., but Great Britain would give up its claim entirely. Polk wanted to get Britain out of North America, seeing as Spain and Russia had given up their claims. Again Manifest Destiny can be seen, the need to expand the U.S.'s power and hold of the nation. To "demand more than you want or expect, then, as you reduce your claim, you appear magnanimous", which sums up Polk's policies as president…

The war that some called the pleasant war or the spanish-american war. The war started when the u.s. declared war on Spain. After the ship Maine sank in Havana harbor. That is where it had all started. The date was February 15,1898. Long story short there was a treaty signed called the treaty of paris. The reason they signed the treaty was because the spanish lost or was on their way of losing and they thought they better sign it before america takes over. So they sign it. But here is an…

The War of 1812 and the Mexican-American War are two wars that physically seem two alternate extremes. “On land, the War of 1812 was fought to define the nation’s boundaries” (Faragher p. 189). A handful of U.S. leaders, referred to as the “war hawks,” also wanted to expand into British Canada. They exploited fears about Tecumseh and naval complaints against the British to garner support for a conflict that would become known as the War of 1812. However, American believed that “Manifest Destiny”…

On May 9th, 1846 mexican soldiers fired upon americans north of the Rio Grande. Texas was once part of mexico but was annexed in 1845. The fight was over the border that was made to divide Mexico and Texas. When president James K. Polk sent troops into the disputed area then that was what started this war. America was not right to got to war because U.S.A was robbing the land, Polk provoked the war, and slavery will expand. U.S.A was robbing the land because Polk wanted to extend America’s…

The Mexican-American War killed thousands of American and Mexican soldiers. This War marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil. (Mexican-American War).The war was over the fact that America annexed Texas while it was independent of Mexico. The Rio Grande also had a very big part of the war because it is where some the first battles began. In 1821 Mexico became independent from Spain, Mexico at the time owned Texas and California, but in 1836 Texas became independent and…

The Mexican War started in the year 1846 at the “Texas Side” of Rio Grande. It started after the Mexicans fired upon the Americans on the Rio Grande, and President Polk, the U.S. president at the time, saw it as a reason to go to war. However, was the U.S. really justified in going to war with Mexico? The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because of the Manifest Destiny, the growing population, and because Mexico provoked America first. One reason the Mexican war was…

country. A few years ago, Ciudad Juarez which borders the United States city of El Paso, was constantly in the news for murders and other violent acts. This has caused many Mexican citizens to flee to the United States to seek a brighter future for their families. Instead of the situation being calmed down, it gets worse. The Mexican government has been known for being corrupt and for dysfunctional. All of this issue has caused other nation to believe that Mexico is no longer controlled by a…

The Mexican-American War is a forgotten war that was fought over questionable motives and has greatly affected our nation. Annexation, Greed, and Manifest Destiny One cause of the M-A war was America’s admittance of Texas into the Union. Mexico was still bitter over their loss of Texas in 1836, so much that they did not recognize it as the sovereign nation it was. This is one of the reasons caused America to refrain from admitting the nation despite Texan support. Another was that Texas was a…

problem for the Americans taking the Oregon territory was the British owned that land. The new President James Polk did not want to divide the area with the British and with American being a strong independent nation the British could not risk starting a war.…

The United States was not justified in going to war against Mexico in 1846. The United States didn’t have a valid reason to respond with violence against the Mexican government. The war with Mexico was also provoked because of the United States’ belief of manifest destiny. Polk was ambitious to seize new territory from the Mexicans but was disappointed when they refused to sell him California, this could have also made him want to wage war against Mexico. The United States leader, President Polk…