Mexican Border Expansion
Spanish settlement of the west International borders has always been centers of conflict, and the U.S.-Mexican border is no exception. With the European colonizing the New World, it was a matter of time before the powers collided. The Spanish settled what is today Mexico, while the English settled what is today the United States. When the two colonial powers did meet became what is today the United States ' Southwest, it was not England and Spain. Rather the two powers were the United States and Mexico. Both Counties had broken off from their mother countries. The conflict that erupted between the two countries where a direct result of different nation policies.
The United States had a policy of westward expansion, while Mexico had a policy …show more content…
On the banks of the St. Johns River, Ribaut erected a stone marker with the French Coat of arms announcing France 's claim to Florida. Using the instructions from Verrazano 's voyage of North America, Jean Ribaut reached the coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral on April 30, 1562. He sailed northward to the mouth of a wide river the Spaniards called "The St. Johns", but which Ribaut renamed "the River of May." He landed on a small river island, which he called "Mayport." On his return journey to Europe, Ribault stopped at the Broad River, near present day Parris Island, South Carolina. He calls the spot "Port Royal" and in complete disobedience with Coligny 's order not to start a settlement, Ribault built a log blockhouse, he named "Charlesfort." When Ribault returned to Dieppe, he found religious conflict between the Huguenots and Catholics. He went to Queen Elizabeth in England in the hope of obtaining supplies for Charlesfort. Instead, the English monarch arrested him for violating Spanish territory. Rene Laudonniere was sent to rescue the Charles for colony. To the South, a small French Protestant settled in an area of Florida, which destroyed by the Spanish in …show more content…
More importantly, the country was occupied with internal religious and political problems related to the Protestant Reformation that split France. It was not until the seventeenth century did France begin American colonization in earnest (Parkman Vol. I,
The United States had a policy of westward expansion, while Mexico had a policy …show more content…
On the banks of the St. Johns River, Ribaut erected a stone marker with the French Coat of arms announcing France 's claim to Florida. Using the instructions from Verrazano 's voyage of North America, Jean Ribaut reached the coast of Florida near Cape Canaveral on April 30, 1562. He sailed northward to the mouth of a wide river the Spaniards called "The St. Johns", but which Ribaut renamed "the River of May." He landed on a small river island, which he called "Mayport." On his return journey to Europe, Ribault stopped at the Broad River, near present day Parris Island, South Carolina. He calls the spot "Port Royal" and in complete disobedience with Coligny 's order not to start a settlement, Ribault built a log blockhouse, he named "Charlesfort." When Ribault returned to Dieppe, he found religious conflict between the Huguenots and Catholics. He went to Queen Elizabeth in England in the hope of obtaining supplies for Charlesfort. Instead, the English monarch arrested him for violating Spanish territory. Rene Laudonniere was sent to rescue the Charles for colony. To the South, a small French Protestant settled in an area of Florida, which destroyed by the Spanish in …show more content…
More importantly, the country was occupied with internal religious and political problems related to the Protestant Reformation that split France. It was not until the seventeenth century did France begin American colonization in earnest (Parkman Vol. I,