1. Discuss the status of foreign claims and possessions in the trans-Mississippi West from 1811 to 1840. Trace the development of American interests in the region during this era. Between the years 1811 to 1840‚ Americans had migrated into the trans-Mississippi West in order to obtain defined boundaries with Canada and Mexico; moreover‚ they went westward to acquire the western edge of the continent. Commercial goals fueled early interest as traders firs sought beaver skins in Oregon territory
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between the 2. Why did President Polk go around Mexico and dock in Mexico instead of going through Texas and Mexico? He did this to have the element of surprise over Mexico instead of attacking them straight on. What happened that caused the Mexicans to sign The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo? Texas wanted to be it’s own country but was under Mexican rule‚ thats where America stepped in. President Polk promised to take Mew Mexico from Mexico and make it part of the US. Polk and the American army travelled
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The Mexican war was mainly a war that President Polk wanted in effort to obtain more land for the United States. The people who wanted the war were mostly Democrats and Southerners. Southerners supported the war because they were in hope that more land would be acquired meaning more states would be admitted into the union as slave states. For this same reason the Whig Party opposed the war because they were abolitionists. Abolitionists opposed slavery so with the addition of new slave states‚
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disputed the territory lines and broke off communication with the United States. (The History Guy.. March 4‚ 2012). The treaty was negotiated by Nicholas Trist‚ as President Polk ’s representative. After two previous unsuccessful attempts to negotiate a treaty with Santa Anna‚ Trist was called back to Washington D.C. Where Polk believed the negotiations would be carried out with Mexican delegation. Trist negotiated the treaty in Mexico against the president recall. Under the terms of the treaty
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. This evidence shows the states were confused where the border was. US was not justified in going to war because no one knows where the border really is. Another reason is Americans invaded land of Mexico. Mexico considered Texas as their state(Polk‚325). General Zachary Taylor arrived at Rio Grande across from the city of Matamoros‚thus occupying territory in dispute and increasing possibilities of a confrontation. US made an outright attack on Mexico(Marquez‚327). This evidence shows the US
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Expansion essay Intro America expands westward as that of there own destiny. America fights and fights for land. Many die but independence is served cold to the Mexicans and British. The Indian Rmoval act opens new territory to the west. This is my expansion Essay on way back when‚ when America expanded West! II. A. Causes of western expansion/ Manifest destiny 1. Economic/trade 2. Avalible land/farming 3. New opportunities/ “gold rush” 4. Western trade/ Roads/ Transportation
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Legacy of Hate: The Conquest of Mexico’s NorthWest 1. The chapter started off with the author explaining how the USA invaded and Mexico and not the other way around; many Euro-Americans are offended and ignorant at this fact. Even the author’s history professor told him he was lying about the USA invading Mexico. The author’s purpose is to show the people of the history behind Mexico and USA. As Mexico separated from the Spaniards and were finally at their own‚ it was hard for them build a nation
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shows the U.S was not justified in going to war because Mexico thought they were simply under attack by the U.S. America would have done the same thing if they thought they saw Mexicans crossing the land. It was all a misunderstanding until President Polk said that Mexico Murdered the 16 Americans on American soil. Another key point‚ as to why the Mexican and American war was not justified was because America robbed Texas. According to Charles Sumner form “Obligations to the Mexican War” says that
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against the war with Mexico is controversial. The Mexican-American war can be looked at many ways: such as a war for more land‚ more slavery‚ and economic expansion. Many people believed that expansion was needed because of the growing population. Polk a proponent of Manifest destiny desired to expand and therefore supported the war. War with Mexico offered the chance to acquire Texas and California. John Harmanson stated in a speech‚ “It is not an ‘unjust‚ unconstitutional‚ and damnable war‚’ or
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people under the concept of Manifest Destiny. The original provocation that enabled the U.S. to launch war against Mexico was Polk ordering General Taylor to send soldiers to the area between the Rio Grande and the Nueces River. Texas declared its independence from Mexico in 1836 and was bought by the U.S. in 1845. To ensure that the Texans would ally themselves with the U.S. Polk promised them their claim to the Rio Grande‚ and to carry out that promise‚ he sent troops to challenge Mexico. Inspired
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