A just or unjust war?. Fulfill Manifest Destiny Texas Annexation Border Dispute – Rio Grande vs. Nueces River American Blood shed on American

MEXICAN AMERICAN

WARA just or unjust war?

CAUSES Fulfill Manifest Destiny

Texas Annexation

Border Dispute – Rio Grande vs. Nueces River American Blood shed on

American soil

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MANIFEST DESTINYBelief that God desired for the United States to be a

nation that would stretch from “sea to shining sea.”

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TEXAS ANNEXATIONMexico encouraged Americans to

settle in the Texas region to encourage farm and trade

As Americans settled in Texas they developed their own way of life and some brought slaves (which was illegal in Mexico)

The Texans became frustrated with Mexico, had a revolution, and then asked the United States to “annex (accept)” them as a state

When the United States annexed Texas, Mexico was outraged

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BORDER DISPUTEMexico claimed the Nueces River

was the boundary between the United States and Mexico

United States claimed the Rio Grande was the border between the United States and Mexico

American troops sent to the border to guard…crossed into disputed territory and Mexican troops fired upon them

President Polk cries “American blood spilled on American soil.”

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PEOPLE

President James K. Polk

General Zachary Taylor

Ulysses S. Grant

Robert E. Lee

Santa Anna

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KEY EVENTS

American soldiers killed in the disputed territory

$30 million offer for California and New Mexico

Battle of Palo Alto

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EFFECTSMexico feels as if this was an unjust war – We stole half their land

United States gains California and New Mexico and the border becomes the Rio Grande River

United States becomes a continental nation

New Land = new opportunities = new problems

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