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Perches
Manifest Destiny did not necessarily call for violent expansion. In both 1835 and 1845, the United States offered to purchase California from Mexico, for $5 million and $25 million, respectively. The Mexican government refused the opportunity to sell half of its country to Mexico's most dangerous neighbor. -
Money
Mexico severed relations with the United States in March 1845, shortly after the U.S. annexation of Texas. In september the us pres james k polk sent john sendel on a secret mission to mexico city to navigate the distribute texas border, settle u.s. Claims against mexico, to purchase new mexico and california to up to $30 million. -
Agreement
One abolitionist who agreed with that interpretation was author Henry david thoreau , who was incarcerated in July 1846 when he refused to pay six years’ worth of back poll taxes because he felt the U.S. government’s prosecution of the war with Mexico was immoral. -
The war
in September, 1846, Taylor's army fought General Ampudia forces for control of the northern Mexican city of Monterey in a bloody three-day battle. Following the capture of the city by the Americans, a temporary truce ensued which enabled both armies to recover from the exhausting Battle of Monterey. -
Border
Texas, and now the United States, claimed the border at the Rio Grande River. Mexico claimed territory as far north as the Nueces River. Both nations sent troops to enforce the competing claims, and a tense standoff ensued. On April 25, 1846, a battle occurred between Mexican and American troops on soil claimed by both countries. The war had begun. -
A war message
On May 9, 1846, Polk began to prepare a war message to Congress, justifying hostilities on the grounds of Mexican not willing to pay U.S. claims and refusal to negotiate with Slidell.That evening he received word that Mexican troops had crossed the Rio Grande on April 25 and attacked taylor’s troops, killing or injuring 16 of them. -
Slavery
On August 8, 1846, Rep. David Wilmot of Pennsylvania attempted to add an amendment to a treaty appropriations bill.The wilmot proviso—banning slavery from any territory acquired from Mexico—was never passed, but it led to acrimonious (type of speech) debate and contributed greatly to the rising sectional antagonism (picking on them). -
Where they landed
On March 9, 1847, General Scott landed with an army of 12,000 men on the beaches near Veracruz, Mexico's most important eastern port city. From this point, from March to August, Scott and Santa Anna fought a series of bloody, hard-fought battles from the coast inland toward Mexico City. -
the war ended
treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Ended the U.S.-Mexican War. Signed on 2 February 1848, it is the oldest treaty still in force between the United States and Mexico. -
why the war started
April 1846 to February 1848 there was a war against mexico and the united states of america. 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the rio grande the us claim.
