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President John Tyler signs papers to annex Texas and bring it into the Union.
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President Polk sends John Sidell to Mexico to try and buy land, however Mexico's president refuses to meet him because he would be thought of as a traitor.
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General Taylor takes his army and marches down into land claimed by both Mexico and the US
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President James Polk asks congress to declare war on Mexico. Congress approves.
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Although General Zachary Taylor's army is greatly outnumbered, he defeats the Mexican troops because of superior firepower
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After successfully storming Chapultepec, the US army occupies Mexico City, and Mexico surrenders
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Negotiators signed the Treaty, ending the war
