Mexico – United States border

independent from Mexico, but of course Mexico does not recognize this at first. In 1837 Texas asked the United States to be annexed into their country, but at the time the United States could not accept a new state because of two reasons. The first reason for this was that The States had just reached a balance between Slave States and Free States and with Texas wanting to be a Slave State they would upset that balance. The second reason is that Mexico made it so that if the United States annexed…

By definition, a border is “a line separating two political or geographical areas, especially countries, or an edge along or beside something.” In society, borders act as geographic boundaries, but also as boundaries separating people, culture, and ideologies. In the United States of America, borders act as boundaries between both states and cultures. Additionally, boundaries in America stand between itself, and other countries, specifically Mexico. Borderlands, according to its definition, are…

The United States most Shameful war Some may think that the death of few people may not cause a war, but the slaughter of 17 American soldiers caused the US to react in a barbaric way. A battle called Thorntons Affair is a battle that may have sparked the war with Mexico. The US was in the leadership of James K. Polk during the Mexican-American War. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because, the US invaded California and Texas, the agreed border of Texas and Mexico…

War was the question of whether to establish slavery in the west. The debate between the government has intensified as whether slavery should be allowed in the new territories taken from Mexico after the Mexican-American War (Corbett, et al, 421). From 1790 to 1860, the number of the salves in the United States has increased to 4 million from 500,000 (Howard, 171). The North advocated to develop capitalism, limit and even ban the expansion of the slavery in the west, on the contrary, the South…

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was a peace treaty to gain peace between Mexico and the United States, the U.S. and Mexico had been having some problems between each other like wars and a lot of bad things. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American war(war between the U.S. and Mexico!) This treaty would forever change the way that the Mexicans and the Americans would look at each other. Before the treaty started Mexico was having some government problems, Santa Anna(Mexico’s…

Was the United States Justified in Going to War with Mexico? Boom! Shots fired as the U.S went to war with Mexico in 1846. After a fight on disputed land, and constant struggle between the two nations, the U.S finally decided to declare war on Mexico. So, did the United States have a good reason to go to war with Mexico? The United States was not justified, or proved right in going to war with Mexico, because Mexico was only defending its borders, the U.S was robbing Mexico of its land,…

Drug smuggling into the United States has been a problem that has plagued our nation for generations. There are so many new innovative ways used by smugglers to transport drugs it makes it near impossible to put a stop to. Whether it’s by land, sea, or air smugglers are still finding a way to slip past our Customs and Border Patrol (CBP) agents. Marijuana, cocaine, heroin, and methamphetamines make up the majority of drugs being smuggled into the United States. Many new programs, strategies,…

knows and understands that there is so much more to the border than the basic definition given by Webster’s Dictionary which states that a border simply exists as “the outer part or edge of anything; the exterior limit of a place.” Whenever the “white” man has unfairly imposed on new land in which the Native Americans or the Mexicans already owned and claimed, tensions flared and more often than not conflict arose. The United States and Mexico border is no exception to this fact of history. This…

Christianize Indians and convert them to the Spanish way of life when Mexico was still a colony of Spain. In 1803, the mission became known as The Alamo, in honor of the Spanish military troops' hometown in Mexico, Alamo de Parras. Texan soil and weather promised lush agriculture for Americans that lead them to migrate to Texas and cross the border illegally to settle in the empty territory hoping to gain wealth. In February 1821, Mexico gained its independence from the rule of Madrid that…

event in history of relations between Mexico and the United States took place a century and a half ago. Many historians refer to this event as “The Mexican War,” while in Mexico they prefer to use the term “The U.S. Invasion.” (Hernadez, 2010). One of the main causes of this war was the annexation of the Republic of Texas, which took place in in December of…