United States territory

"Shed American blood on American soil!" This war was started of a boundary difference between the United States and Mexico. Texas claimed its southern boundary to include the Rio Grande. However, Mexico stated it was the Nueces River. President Polk ultimately had to send in troops to the Rio Grande as Mexico was attempting to reclaim land in Texas as their…

The phrase “manifest destiny” is the belief that the United States would inevitably expand westward to the Pacific Ocean and into Mexican territory. The word manifest means obvious so the destiny was manifest or obvious. Americans assumed the United States would expand to the Pacific Ocean. Thomas Jefferson was president at the time and he dreamed of expanding the U.S. to the Pacific Ocean. People had many reasons for wanting to move to the west. For example, people had personal economic…

Dilemma Thomas Jefferson was elected president in 1801, and had no intentions of expanding the United States of America at the time. Little did he know he would be faced with one of the biggest choices ever made in the history of the country. Previous to Jefferson becoming president, Spain ceded the Louisiana territory to France. The territory had the potential to double the size of the United States at the time. Now, Jefferson had sent Robert Livingston and James Monroe into France to discuss…

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 Americans were killed by Mexicans on American territory. 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…

of the Civil 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…

The height of American imperialism showcased when United Sates waged the Spanish-American war. The war transpired between the countries of Spain and the United Sates and linked by historians to America’s imperialistic expansion concepts. The war was known as “A Splendid Little War”, due to the short duration it took for the United Sates to defeat the Spanish. The war ended with 1898 Treaty of Paris, which compelled the Spanish to abdicate claims of Cuba, and surrender the sovereignty of Puerto…

The War With Mexico The Mexican-American War was a war fought between Mexico and the United States for annexation of Texas. This war is one of the most controversial wars in history of whether it was necessary or not. Many Americans questioned the motives and goals of the war with Mexico. Meanwhile, others felt it was essential to fulfill America’s Manifest Destiny and the needs of the developing nation. I believe that the war was justified for many well thought reasons. Texas claimed its…

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…

On December 20, 1803, the Louisiana Purchase was finalized, which resulted in the transfer of power over the territory from France to the United States. The Louisiana Purchase (1803) served as the catalyst for Westward Expansion in American society. Furthermore, it was an examination of conscience for President Thomas Jefferson, as he grappled with the constitutionality of an acquisition of this magnitude. In addition to this, the Louisiana Purchase (1803) transformed America into the…

strict Constitution, I must abide by its demands. The Constitution says in Article IV that new states can be added, but nothing about foreign territories. The most logical thing to do is if the Constitution does not say America cannot hold foreign countries is to insert it. “The General Government has no powers, but such as the Constitution gives it… it has not given it power of holding foreign territory, and still less of incorporating it into the Union. An amendment of the Constitution seems…