On May 9th, 1846 mexican soldiers fired upon americans north of the Rio Grande. Texas was once part of mexico but was annexed in 1845. The fight was over the border that was made to divide Mexico and Texas. When president James K. Polk sent troops into the disputed area then that was what started this war. America was not right to got to war because U.S.A was robbing the land, Polk provoked the war, and slavery will expand.…
In 1846, the annexation of the Oregon territory occurred, but at the same time the Mexican War had just barely started. The Mexican War lasted from 1846 to 1848. The war was in Texas, over territorial issues. Also, Texas won its independence from Mexico in 1836 (Background Essay, paragraph 4), and Mexico wanted Texas back. Mexico thought their land extended to the Nueces River, but the border was actually the Rio Grande(Hook Exercise, Map).…
In 1836, the Alamo became the battleground of one of the most symbolic freedom battles in US history: The Battle to the Alamo, which raged between February 23 and March 6th, 1836. Here, I aim at understanding the historical, cultural and political context the battle of the Alamo. My main goal is to understand what made such a relatively small battle so emblematic in US history.…
HISTORY AND OUTCOME In 1846 near a border traced by a river, two neighbors went to war. The fighting between the United States and Mexico, began near the Rio Grande and raged deep into the heart of the Mexican nation. From the shores of the pacific to the Gulf Coast of Veracruz. Mexico’s regular Army was three times as large as that of the United States, but the ranks where filled with inexperienced troops.…
According to Barker and Pohl (2016), the battle for the Alamo took place over 13 days from 23 February 1836 to 6 March 1836. It was one of first battles of the Texas War for Independence. The war transpired from October 1835 to April 1836. During the battle for the Alamo, a small group of Texas defenders led by Colonel James Bowie and Lieutenant Colonel William Travis fought a large contingent of the Mexican Army led by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Hickman (2015) states that in late autumn of 1835, a small group of Texas rebels surrounded the…
The mexican war started in 1945 when the annexation of Texas took place. After the annexation , Mexico and America had a disagreement on what the border of Texas was. The U.S. thought that the border was the Rio Grande , while Mexico thought it was the Nueces River. This quarrel then led to the war , the prize being the land. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because America believed in manifest destiny and that God gave them the land to overspread and also because 16 Americans were killed by Mexicans on American territory.…
In 1845, the Republic of Texas was annexed by the United States. This, I believed to be the primary cause of the war. The problem was that Mexico was opposed to annexation, holding firm that Texas was still part of their territory, even though the Texans had fought and won their independence, ten years prior and had been officially acknowledged as a sovereign nation by the United States, Great Britain, and France.…
What would you do if all of a sudden your neighbors started using your backyard because theirs “wasn’t big enough” and they wanted more space for their belongings? And once you tried talking to them about it they began fighting with you? Obviously, this might infuriate you considering that your backyard is still your property but is this a good reason to start fighting? Well similarly the US got into war with Mexico in 1846 because they wanted more land such as Texas and California. Keeping this in mind we can infer that the US wasn’t justified to go to war with them.…
After Texas gained its independence from Mexico in 1836, the U.S. was hesitant in deciding whether it was the right decision to admit Texas into the union or not. This was because they understood that any form of annexation would lead to war between Mexico and the United States. Although they understood the potential consequences, the United States either way admitted Texas into the union bringing then debates on territorial boundaries and the definition of the new territory as a slave state or free state. The Mexican American War was a war fought on foreign soil between the United States and Mexico because they were in disagreement over where the Mexican-American border should be after the annexation of Texas. This war marked a turning point…
The Mexican War and its aftermath of America gaining land began to show the different the Americans views on slavery. Americans could not decide whether slavery should move westward as the country expanded or if it should stay in the states it was currently in. There were many attempts to compromise and keep the peace, however, this ended up driving a wedge further into the difference between the free states views and the slave states views. Overall, the Mexican War and its aftermath led to further disagreements about slavery between the north and the south. The Mexican War, which took place between 1846 and 1848, was an extremely controversial war.…
The annexation of Texas by the United States provoked the Mexican ambassador and relations between the two nations were severed. However, the president of Mexico, Jose Joaquin Herrera, wanted to negotiate with the United States because he knew his country did not have the resources for a war. Herrera also knew that the Mexican people would be outraged at the loss of Texas. During negotiations, Herrera and Polk disagreed on the boundaries of Texas. Mexico believed Texas ended at the Nueces River.…
This battle occurred on October 2, 1835, and was the first real example of fighting to take place between Mexico and the Texas militia. Both sides suffered minimal casualties, but this battle was the catalyst for the most famous battle, the Alamo. The battle of the Alamo occurred between February 23rd, 1836 and March 6, 1836. The Alamo was fought between 1,500 Mexican soldiers, and roughly 300 Texas militiamen. One significant figure in this battle was William Barrett Travis.…
The Mexican American War was the first war that the United States primarily fought on foreign soil of which led to great amounts of bloodshed at the detriment of Mexico. The United States originally provoked the war as U.S. president James K. Polk set his eyes on expanding west as he believed in “Manifest Destiny”. The War was a result of the United States Annexation of Texas. Texas was its own Republic from 1836 through 1845 after winning it war for Independence. Mexico although never recognized its independence while the United States did recognize Texas as a sovereign country in 1837 but it did decline to annex the territory.…
In his book, Sleuthing The Alamo, James E. Crisp goes beyond the mere description of the historical events that took place during the Texas Revolution. Crisp’s passion to uncover why certain events of the Texas Revolution were remembered in a specific way, propelled him to closely examine and critically analyze the motive behind a number of writers and historians. It was this determination that forced Crisp to take no for an answer and to “attempt to separate Texas myth from Texas history”. What makes Crisp’s book Sleuthing The Alamo so unique, in contrast with most historical books, is that Crisp involves himself in his text in such a way that it becomes very personal to him. Additionally, Crisp doesn’t conceal his own personal biases as…
In 1829, American settlers began to reside in Mexico’s territories in the southwest, disregarding their customs and laws. American colonists in Texas protested Mexican rule, sparking the Texas Revolution in 1835. Soon after, Mexican dictator Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna attacked Alamo and won, but the Treaty of Velasco gave Texas independence and created the border between Texas and Mexico (Berkin 314). Unfortunately, Mexicans wanted renegotiation of the treaty, threatening war. On April 22, 1846, Mexico announced that its territory had been invaded and declared war.…