ordered troops to go to Mexico. Before the war‚ Texas declared its independence from Mexico. After James K. Polk was elected President‚ he sent an envoy to Mexico City to try and buy California‚ and then he sent troops to Texas. The Manifest Destiny is a belief that America would eventually become all 50 states like they are today. One reason that the Mexican war was not justified was because James K. Polk provoked the war. “Polk ordered
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History 1 March 3‚ 2012 James Polk: The Man that Caused the Civil War During the 1800’s‚ slavery was becoming an increasingly bigger issue. This issue started to cause social tensions about whether African-American slaves should be freed or not while the underlying political problem with this was whether new states should be entered in as a slave state or free. During James Polk’s presidency‚ the US obtained a large amount of land from the Mexican-American War. James Polk’s wanted slavery in the
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have freedom of religion‚ uninhabited land‚ and access to special metals. Martin Van Buren (1837 - 1841)‚ William Henry Harrison (1841‚ he died of pneumonia in office)‚ John Tyler (1841 - 1845)‚ and James K Polk (1845 - 1849) were all presidents who were supporters of the westward expansion. James K Polk had an especially big influence on the westward expansion‚ although only half his plans succeeded. Some of his plans also eventually started the Mexican and American War.
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no reason to go to war. America was unjustified going to war with mexico because of manifest destiny‚ border dispute and not following the laws of Mexico. Forcing the idea of one religion onto another is unjust‚ but that’s exactly what President James K. Polk did. He believed that it was “God’s plan” for Americans to move west and to pursue the idea of manifest destiny‚ but since most Americans are Christian Lutherans and most mexicans are Catholic he was forcing an idea from his religion onto the
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talk about the origins of the war to describe how it came about and the causes of it. Lastly‚ is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848‚ which was how the dispute was settled at the end of the war. President of the United States from 1845-1849‚ James K. Polk once said “Our nation is a confederation of independent states‚ whose policy is peace with each other and all the world. To enlarge its limits is to extend the dominions of peace over additional territories and increasing millions” [Wheelan:4:2007]
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ashburton agreed in washington to give america 1‚000 out of 12‚000 miles of maine while britain gets the halifax – quebec route 8. Texas Republic - Independent nation that was the object of British‚ Mexican‚ and French scheming in the early 1840s 9. James K. Polk (1844) - Dark-horse presidential winner in 1844 who effectively carried out ambitious expansionist campaign plans‚ called young hickory nickame due to his similar beliefs and birthplace as Andrew Jackson 10. Admission of Texas (1845) – it was
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Texas Independence Texans were feeling ok living with Mexicans ruling until some events. Mexico put an end to slavery in 1829. This upset us Texans which hurt the cotton economy. Then General Santa Anna came into power and ruined the constitution of the country. This was said in the Texas Declaration of Independence‚ “General Santa Anna has overturned the constitution of his country...” He executed all the prisoners that he captured from the Siege of The Alamo. Then all the Texans started think
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References: Forner‚ Eric. Give Me Liberty!: An American History. 3rd ed. Vol. 1. 2012. W. W. Norton & Company. Web. Madaras‚ Larry‚ and James M. SoRelle. Taking Sides: Clashing Views in United States History. Dubuque‚ Iowa.: McGraw-Hill‚ 2006. Web. Masri‚ L.. N.p.. Web. 19 Apr 2013. <http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/index_flash.html>.
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attain Texas‚ as well as the rest of the land to the Pacific Ocean. This total expanse attained nearly half of Mexico. Fighting over slavery expansion also occurred on the floors of Congress. In 1846‚ shortly after the violence in Mexico startred‚ James K. Polk requested two million dollars to be appropriated to expand land. Representative David Wilmot of Pennsylvania‚ fearful of the southern “slavocracy”‚ introduced an amendment‚ stipulating that slavery should never exist in any of the territory
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