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Texas broke away from Mexico and was its own republic for a ew years then asked to be a state. Congress and The President both agreed that Texas cold become a state.
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John Slidell goes to Mexico to try to but New Mexico and California. The President of Mexico refuses to meet with Slidell. so John Slidell leaves Mexico without seeing the President. US and Mexico are about to go to war.
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General Taylor leads his army into the land that is claimed by both Mexico and America.
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General Taylor sends a letter to President Polk ansking to start a war. President Polk sks Congress and they agree to start a war.
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Taylor was outnumbered 15,000 to 5,000. Taylor and his soldiers managed to win because they had more effective weapons.
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The Mexican Soldes were not able to call in for back-up. The Mexican Soldiers held up the Americans for 14 hours, but the Americans still won.
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This treaty ended the war. Both the US Senate and Mexican Congress ratified the treaty.
