How Was The Mexican War Justified

The War of US vs Mexico “Crash!”, “Bang!”, “Boom!” were the sounds as well as bloody battle cries people heard during this time period. The US vs Mexican war was a time of despair, horror, and a nightmare people will never forget. Around this time Mexico and the US were the same sizes and didn’t have many conflicts with each other. The war all started because of border issues. The Us and Mexico believed the border were in totally different locations. Mexicans crossed what the US thought was the border and the US crossed where Mexico thought the border was. This caused a big conflict. The area where the war sparked was in Texas along the border north of the Rio Grande. The date was 1846 when the US went to war with Mexico. Catholic, Protestant,

A quote that supports this is, “...Polk was a strong supporter of Manifest Destiny.”(Roden, 317) This quote shows this could have been a huge excuse to why they wanted to go to war with Mexico, to expand their land. Another quote says, “...overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development or our yearly multiplying millions.”(O’Sullivan, 323) This information is meant that the US wants more land because of the population increasing while Mexicans population is increasing as well. “California will, probably, next fall away from Mexico…”(O’Sullivan, 323)This shows that US got Texas and now, just like that, they want California from Mexico. Another part states, “He also sent John Slidell, a special envoy, to Mexico city to try to buy California...the attempt to buy a large part of their country angered the Mexican government. Slidell was asked to leave Mexico City.”(Roden 317)This Information shows since the US failed to get the land, they felt like going to war was the right decision to get the land. This was because of their greediness. This evidence shows the US was not justified in going to war because part of the reason they went to war was to get more land. This was a clear reason on why the US was not justified in going to war with

“...the mobilization of the US army was an outright attack on Mexico.”(Velasco-Marquez 327) This quote shows: The US comes to attack the Mexicans on purpose. “...the Mexican government reaffirmed the instruction to protect the border,...”(Velasco-Marquez 327)This quote shows: The Mexicans are just protecting their border. “...Captain Seth Thornton of the US army and his 70 soldiers were attacked by a much larger Mexican Force.”This information shows: The US went to the Mexican army to fight, Mexico was just protecting their country. “The American settlers were mostly Protestant, pro-slavery, and largely ignored Mexican authority.”(Roden 317) This Information shows: The US disobeyed the Mexican laws which made them mad and lead up to the war.(What did the Mexicans do to us?) This evidence shows that the US was not justified in going to war because the were the ones that started the war as Mexico was using self defense. This is the last clear reason why the US was not justified to going to war. On the other hand, some people say that the US was justified in going to war. This point of view makes sense because the Mexicans killed some American troops. Some people also say that US was justified because the Mexicans crossed the what US thought was the border and the Mexicans “threatened” Texas. However, the US was not justified in going to war because