Mexican War
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Was the United States Justified in Going to War With Mexico?
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Was the United States Justified in Going to War With Mexico?
Mexico and the United States were two nations who had different opinions. Mexico was catholic which were people who were anti -slavery; this is to keep Texans under their control. Protestants was the opposite, they were for slavery. It wasn’t long before the problems became something serious. Texans won their independence in 1836. Texas applied for annexation twice over the course of nine years they received a no both times. Mexico declared its independence in 1821 from Spain. In 1844 Polk became president. He believed strongly in Manifest Destiny. He believed it was God Plan that American become larger. Polk sent soldiers to the southern Texas. May 9 1846, Mexican soldiers open fired on American soldiers’ .Each side blames the other, Americans blames the Mexican saying they were attacked on American soil and the Mexican says the Americans invaded their land. The confusion seems to be over what Mexico thought was the proper border between Texas and Mexico which is the Nueces River. However, the American was unjustified in going to war with Mexico. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because Polk provoked it, Robbery of Land, and Expansion of Slavery. One reason the Mexican was not justified was because Polk provoked it. Polk wrote a message to the senate informing them on his order for the military to attack the on the Rio Grande on Mexican troops. Most of Congress said yes to the war message.
Was the United States Justified in Going to War With Mexico?
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Was the United States Justified in Going to War With Mexico?
Mexico and the United States were two nations who had different opinions. Mexico was catholic which were people who were anti -slavery; this is to keep Texans under their control. Protestants was the opposite, they were for slavery. It wasn’t long before the problems became something serious. Texans won their independence in 1836. Texas applied for annexation twice over the course of nine years they received a no both times. Mexico declared its independence in 1821 from Spain. In 1844 Polk became president. He believed strongly in Manifest Destiny. He believed it was God Plan that American become larger. Polk sent soldiers to the southern Texas. May 9 1846, Mexican soldiers open fired on American soldiers’ .Each side blames the other, Americans blames the Mexican saying they were attacked on American soil and the Mexican says the Americans invaded their land. The confusion seems to be over what Mexico thought was the proper border between Texas and Mexico which is the Nueces River. However, the American was unjustified in going to war with Mexico. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because Polk provoked it, Robbery of Land, and Expansion of Slavery. One reason the Mexican was not justified was because Polk provoked it. Polk wrote a message to the senate informing them on his order for the military to attack the on the Rio Grande on Mexican troops. Most of Congress said yes to the war message.