HOW MANY PEOPLE WERE HERE IN 1492!!! Safe to say there were millions. Where did they live? 1492: Most lived South of the Rio Grande two large urban civilizations were in central mexico and peru Aztecs Incas Empires Stone built cities A lot of citizens Sophisticated people 5 million people or less about the Rio Grande not wall to wall people north of the Rio Grande Once they get here…what do we call them? Native Americans In the 1950s they were called Indians Everybody said that until
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it was still theirs. To add onto that‚ America and Mexico dissagered on where Texas ended. Mexico encested that it ended at the Nueces River‚ while America sad that Texas said it ended at the Rio Grande. What I think really caused the war was that 16 American soldiers were killed just north of the Rio Grande. Because that America and Mexico disagreed on where Texas ended‚ America said that the soldiers were petoraling their side of the border and was murdered for no reason‚ but Mexico said they were
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Abstract Brigadier General Zachary Taylor military campaigns in the Mexican War and the impact his service during the war had on his career. Beginning Brigadier General Zachary Taylor‚ "Old Rough and Ready‚" as he was known fought many battles but he is more known for the great defeat he handed the Mexican Army. The Mexican war started over many issues but mainly over Texas (Millet 2012 p. 129). Although General Taylor did not have battle experience one of his best traits that
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4.) Railroads development was a key to the revitalization of Colorado in the course of 1870’s. Who were the key players in this‚ what were the key lines‚ and how and why did the railroads rekindle and foster the territory’s growth? Railroad development in the 1870’s Before the railroads were established in the 1870’s‚ people traveled by wagon‚ horse and on foot. They traveled for days and months to reach their destinations‚ some did not survive the trip. When the Pike’s Peak Gold rush was
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Mexico claimed the Nueces River while the United States claimed the Rio Grande River. On April 25‚ 1864‚ they both met at the Rio Grande River in dispute over the land and the Mexican army opened fire on the American troops. This lead to the victory in the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma. Following those battles‚ Polk told the U.S Congress
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Polk sent John Slidell to Mexico City for $25 mil to buy California but they were insulted by his arrival. 6. Polk and war with Mexico a. Polk sent men under Zachary Taylor from the Nueces River to the Rio Grande provoking Mexican troops. War broke out because Mexican troops crossed the Rio Grande and killed/wounded 16 Americans. 7. Treaty of G-H-- what were the terms of the treaty? a. Nicholas Trist- Gave America all Mexican territory from
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The end result of the Texas-Mexico War was The Republic of Texas for about 10 years Texas was an independent country. The end result of the US-Mexico war was the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which set the border at the Rio Grande River. People say that The Texas Government is decentralized because local government is usually relied on for public services that always take longer than should be. Also it’s believed that local government cuts deals with the company doing the job so at the end both
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disputed question which eventually sent to nations into war? Soldiers were dispatched by americans on July 1845 into the disputed territory between the US and Mexico. However‚ the war began on May 9‚ 1846 in the disputed territory of Mexico near the Rio Grande between the US and Mexican forces. Was it okay for the US to declare war with Mexico? The answer is no. The United States was not justified in going to war with Mexico because Mexico was only protecting their nation‚ the US crossed the border into
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American Expansionism The 1840s and 1890s saw an expansion of American territory‚ as a result of several economic‚ political‚ and cultural factors. In both cases of American expansionism‚ the Americans believed that we must expand our borders in order to keep the country running upright. Also‚ the Americans believed that the United State‚ being one of the strongest of the nations‚ had a need to become even stronger. This is shown in the "manifest destiny" of the 1840’s. Apart from the similarities
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The Western Hemisphere remained unknown to Europe until Columbus’s voyage in 1492. However‚ the Native Americans also known as the "First Inhabitants" arrived from Asia as early as twenty thousand years ago. The question of how the historians accounted for the arrival of Native Americans in the Western Hemisphere is what I would like to elaborate more on as well as the similarities/differences to the great civilizations of the Aztecs‚ Mayas‚ and Incas‚ in which the Native Americans fashioned a similar
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