Siula Grande

The Rio Grande is one of the top ten at risk major rivers in the world whose waters transverse two different countries: Mexico and the United States. As any such large body of water between two large civilizations, the Rio Grande serves both as a water supply, a method to dispose of waste, and a source of dispute between the two nations in regards to regulation. The area of the river around Laredo, Texas and Nuevo Laredo, Tamaulipas, a highly populated region, unfortunately it is plagued by…

Poverty in Mexico and South America has been the cause of many immigrants going in search of other means to provide for their families. The United States population consists of four percent of undocumented immigrants and in 2008, 8.3 million immigrants made up the workforce (Androff et. al). Immigrants face many difficulties throughout Mexico as they try and reach the United States. As stated by the Mexican National Institute of Migration, there are hundreds of thousands of immigrants who cross…

Was the United States Justified in Going to War With Mexico? Mexicans and Americans are closer to war than ever before. When Texas gained its independence in 1836 there was a dispute in the borders. American troops were north of the Rio Grande when fired upon by a bigger force of Mexican troops. This event started the Mexican War. So should have the US have been able to go to war with Mexico. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because Mexicans are treating Texans…

The Interior of the Palm House on the Pfaueninsel near Potsdam (The Art Institute of Chicago, 1996.388) is an oil painting on canvas produced in 1834 by the German painter, Carl Blechen. The piece is 52 ½ by 50 inches, depicting a scene of lush greenery and four women who have the appearance of stepping from the pages of a fantasy novel, all united within the pastel confines of ornate greenhouse walls. Despite its mystic and dream-like properties, Blechen 's Interior of the Palm House is…

into place. Polk also wanted the Oregon Territory to again be occupied. He was also interested in California, which was Mexican territory. When he offered to buy the land, he was rejected. In his anger, Polk sent his men into an area between the Rio Grande and Nueces River, which was also Mexican territory. Polk was asking for a…

happened on April 25th, 1846 to Mexico, which where America took land from them through force. The event that triggered the beginning of the war was American troops patrolling an area North of the Rio Grande. American troops engaged a large body of Mexican soldiers that had just crossed the Rio Grande. Did the United States have a good justified reason on going to war with Mexico. The first reason the Mexican-American War was not justified was the mobilization of American troops in disputed…

Among the 23 articles, one recalled that, “The boundary line between the two Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from the land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande […]”. This meant that Mexico agrees and recognizes the Rio Grande as The United States southern boundary, and not the Nueces River as disputed in earlier events leading up to the war between the two countries. In addition, to officially ending the war, the treaty also added 7 Mexican…

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.…

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…