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The Mexicans could have not opened up Texas or New Mexico for American settlement because these two acts greatly increased the American population that it soon outnumbered the actual Mexicans. This could have prevented the entire disputes over the annexation of Texas which was a primary reason Polk went into the war-- to get Texas as a state of the U.S.
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∙ 14y ago
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∙ 14y agoIf you're referring to the Texas war for independence from Mexico (1836); certainly Mexico could have avoided war...just let Texas go.
If you're referring to the Mexican War (1846-1848); certainly Mexico could have avoided war...just let California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Nevada go.
War is the obtaining of a political goal by other than political means.
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∙ 13y agoBy negotiation, but Mexico refused to negotiate.
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