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Mexican American War Manifest Destiny

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“The Mexican-American War marked the first U.S. armed conflict chiefly fought on foreign soil”. It was fought between the dates 1846-1848, it began with the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River, which was the Mexican claim or the Rio Grande, the U.S. claim. The war in which U.S. forces were consistently victorious resulted in the United States’ acquiring more than 500,000 square miles of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean. It created a large conflict between Mexico, who was military unprepared and politically divided, and the United States and its administration including President James K Polk whose focus was on expanding, and the nations “manifest destiny” . The manifest destiny was a strong belief in the 19th century held by the people of the Unite States. They believed it was their duty to rebuild the Old West and shape it into the image of “Agrarian America”. …show more content…

Upon arriving in Gonzalez, he immediately began organizing his army as a resistance. He soon learned about the United States loss at the Alamo on March 13th.Afteer the new learned info on the Alamo, he learned that Santa Anna’s men were advancing northeast and pushing further into Texas. Upon the news, he called a council of war, and discussed the situation with his senior officers. Being out numbered both in militia and artillery he made an immediate withdrawal toward the Us Border where they would flee to Galveston. He soon The Battle of San Jacinto was fought on Aril 21st 1836. The United States were outnumbered with 800 men, compared to Mexico’s 1200

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but they still did it. By March 5th, the Texans didn’t have ammo to return fire. Finally on March 6, Santa Anna and 1,500 men rushed to the Alamo before dawn. He told them to take no prisoners. The Mexican army had trouble getting over the walls of the Alamo.

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On 23 February 1836, the Mexican force led by Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna began an artillery attack at the Alamo. The attack last for 13 days and on the morning of 6 March the Mexican force breached the wall and overpowered the outnumbered resistance (History.com, 2010). Although it took 13 days, the inevitable happened and the Gen. Santa Anna’s forces killing nearly every fighter in the fortress destroyed the Alamo. It has been reported that the Mexican force later executed the few Texan troops that survived (Hickman,

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Manifest destiny also affected the relationship with Mexico. Several factors led to the Mexican- American War in 1846. The factors were that the U.S citizens were moving into California and Mexico. Since there were many revolutions happening in Mexico throughout this time period the Mexican government was not able to protect the U.S citizens in this region. Another factor was that Mexico was upset that Texas declared independence from them and then the U. S annexed Texas in 1845.

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The Mexican-American War was an embarrassment for Mexico and a goldmine for the United States, in literal terms. Within days, the important port of Veracruz was blockaded by the United States navy. The United States army fought their way overland into Mexico from California, Texas and eventually from Veracruz straight to the capitol. Mexico’s Santa Anna, back and with much power again this time, had sent a peace treaty to Washington in early

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The Battle of San Jacinto What I will be talking about is how The causes and effects about the battle of san Jacinto the important people and what happened in the war. On April 21,1836, the Texas Militia got a surprise attack on the forces of Mexico which led to hundreds of Mexican Soldiers taken prisoners including Santa Anna. Santa Anna made an exchange for him to be free and that Texas will become independent. The battle was a quick one lasting 18 minutes.

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From the years 1823 to 1836 Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna serves as president and makes his stand for their independence in the battle of Alamo on his last year as being a president. He was then conquered by American forces during the Mexican-American War. In February 1848, the two year battle between the US over the territory of Texas which results of Mexico losing over 500,000 square miles of territory including California, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, and

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The Mexican-American War took place between the years of 1846 and 1848; it would become the first United States war fought on foreign soil. This war was fought between Mexico whose armies were led by military leaders such as Santa Ana, and an army established by United States president James K. Polk. His reason for declaring war on Mexico was found in the concepts of two words, “Manifest Destiny”. Manifest Destiny was the idea that Americans were divinely destined by God to expand their territory and govern the North American continent. A border zone confusion sparked the start of the infamous Mexican-American War and was then followed by multiple U.S. victories.

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The long,bloody wars that America has encountered are faced with many conflicts. One of the wars that America has gone to is the Mexican American War. It’s 1846, and many schisms has been between Mexico and America with the problem of arguing over Texas. Mexico had originally owned Texas but Texas wanted to annex itself over to the U.S. But there are other reasons why America went to war and these reasons are they killed one-half of the U.S. troops, threatened us for crossing their border, annexation, and invasion.

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Additionally, during this time period, Americans believed strongly in the idea of manifest destiny. Manifest destiny was the ideology that America had a “divine obligation to stretch the boundaries of their noble republic to the Pacific Ocean” (“Manifest Destiny”). Americans believed it was their duty to civilize the savage natives. As the US expanded westward,

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There was a battle flag raised that had a picture of a cannon on it and the words come and take it. The Texans were successful in driving the Mexican army away. The next major conflict

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The Mexican-American War was a result of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was a belief that Americans had the God given right to expand their border all the way to the Pacific Ocean. The Mexican-American War was a result of Texas gaining its independence from Mexico in 1845. Texas had been in a border disagreement with Mexico at the time of the annexation which transferred the conflict to the United States. The United States claimed that the border ended at the Rio Grande River and Mexico claimed it ended at the Nueces River.

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At that time, only about 75,000 Mexican citizens lived north of the Rio Grande. As a result, U.S. forces led by Stephen W. Kearny and Robert F. Stockton were able to conquer those lands. Taylor advancing, and captured Monterrey in September. With the losses adding up, Mexico turned to old standby General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the strongman who had been living in exile in Cuba. Santa Anna convinced Polk that, if allowed to return to Mexico, he would end the war on terms positive to the United States.

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The United States war with Mexico continues to be a divisive topic among many people because of its background. The Mexican-American war was a fight between Mexico and America for land. America’s belief at the time was Manifest Destiny, which meant that they believed that America should extend from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific ocean. In the end, America benefited from the war and got the land. The United States expanded its size, achieving their dream of Manifest Destiny.

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Cuevas y Miguel Atristain y Nicolas Trist, representandtes de los Estados Unidos de Norteamerica, que ponene fin al estado de guerra entre ambos paises”. Which translates to that finally after war the representatives of both countries came to terms and ended the war and peace is restored between both countries. The last battle before the end of the war was the Battle of Mexico City where general Winfield Scott and American troops arrived in Mexico for their final battle, on September 14, 1847 Scott and the Americans troops walked away one final time with a victory. When the war ended Santa Anna who was a Politian who had a great influence on Mexican politics and government quit, resigned his position. After Santa Anna gave his position up the United States waited for a new government who was capable of negotiations to form.

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