Rio Grande Valley

point, since the Americans won that battle decisively. To make things even worse for the Mexican country, General Zachary Taylor not only wanted to fight for the Grande Rio border, he wanted to take complete control of Mexico. Not being satisfied from winning Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, Taylor commanded his army across the Rio Grande into Mexican soil. According to history.com, “Zachary Taylor would attack the Mexicans on their own soil and cause much destructive chaos amongst the towns.…

over to the U.S. to people of Spain and Mexico by those respected by the governments. They also changed the article IX’s first paragraph and also eliminating the last two sentences in that article. The sold land that Mexico gave to the U.S. was the Rio Grande, this was the boundary between Mexico and the U.S. On 30 December 1853, they countries agreed to increase the border makers from 6 to…

In 1820, Spain had opened up the territory of Texas to American colonization because it was unable to persuade its own citizens to settle the remote and fairly unpopulated land. The following year, however, Mexico gained independence from Spain. Mexico Continued Spain’s colonization plan after its independence in 1821. American colonization of Texas took place from 1821 until 1835. They were attracted here for three reasons; the first being cheap, inexpensive land. Undeveloped land in the…

Mexican law. First of all, the Mexican war was not justified was because Mexico was only defending its own borders from the U.S. First of all, the United States attacked on Mexican soil. The attack took place between the Nueces river and the Rio Grande, which is part of Mexican territory. Also, according to Jesus Velasco-Marquez in “ A Mexican Viewpoint on the War With the United States,” he explained how “ ...the mobilization U.S Army was an outright attack on Mexico,” in the eyes of the…

The mexican war started in 1945 when the annexation of Texas took place. After the annexation , Mexico and America had a disagreement on what the border of Texas was. The U.S. thought that the border was the Rio Grande , while Mexico thought it was the Nueces River. This quarrel then led to the war , the prize being the land. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because America believed in manifest destiny and that God gave them the land to overspread and also because 16…

valuables, and they often carried a bookbag which they had all their other items in. When they got close to crossing the Rio Grande, they seemed to discard their bookbags and unnecessary items to make crossing the river quicker. The border control guards also found these items which alerted them to the wetbacks’ locations, as shown in the documentary. When crossing the Rio Grande, the wetbacks utilized garbage bags or similar objects, and shoelaces. They put their clothes in the bag, tied the…

meet a threatened invasion of Texas by the Mexican army. The invasion was threatened solely because Texas was determined to annex herself to their union.( President Polk,325) “ The congress of Texas, by its act of December 19, 1836, had declared the Rio del Norte to be the boundary of that republic. The country between that river and the Del Norte is now included within one of our congressional districts. (President Polk, 325) Even though the US was justified in going to war with Mexico. They…

squeaky mouse. This identity that was made-up by my high school peers frustrated me, but it never really pushed me to change. Nonetheless I believe finding my individuality is what helped me in my decision in going to the University of Texas Rio Grande Valley. I wanted to show my friends the real me, and for them to be surprised at what a loud, energetic person I can be so they can destroy the fake image they had of me in high school. In addition, finding my identity is what has made me…

I had to understand why Seurat used such a difficult technique for his work. I then came upon the theory that perhaps he wanted to produce a deeper sense of life in his paintings. All things in the world are composed of millions of cells, and these cells create objects, color, and everything that practically exists. I imagine that Seurat's motive was to utilize this scientific law in his work to give an atmosphere of life, texture, and movement in the scenes that he…

Home Means Nevada “All For Our Country” Nevada was the 36th state to become part of the union. It became a state on October 31, 1864. Maybe that’s where Halloween came from. The state colors are blue and silver. Nevada goes by many names, you may know it best as the Silver State, but it is also nicknamed the Sagebrush State and the Battle Born State. The state flower of Nevada is the Big Sagebrush which grows in the desert and rangelands of Nevada. Native Americans used to use Sagebrush for…