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What American general led troops into disputed Mexican territory causing a border clash that led to the Mexican-American war?
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What drew the us into the Mexican American war?
i heard it was mexicans crossing into our territory when we had our owwn boundaries. It is a little more complicated than that. America claimed the territory and so did Mexico. It was disputed. America sent troops to patrol the area, and so did Mexico. When the Mexican troops entered the disputed territory, America used it as a pretext to attack.
Abraham Lincoln and the Mexican American War?
Abraham Lincoln did not fight in the Mexican War, but he was an outspoken opponent of it. He demanded to know the exact "spot" on American soil where American blood had been shed in disputed territory- one of the main excuses for going to war.
Did Oregon Territory have anything to do with the Mexican American War?
Nothing at all.
Following the Mexican American War where did the US gain territory?
It gained California and the American Southwest.
Where did the Thornton affair take place?
In the disputed territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande River, in present-day Texas. The American president (Pres. Polk) had ordered General Zachary Taylor and his force to move south of the Nueces into the disputed zone, and there to build a supply depot at Point Isabel and a fort near the Rio Grande, just across from the Mexican city of Matamoros. The Mexican government demanded that he withdraw from the disputed area and not only did Taylor ignore them he then ordered a naval blockade of the mouth of the Rio Grande intended to cut off the Mexican forces forming up in Matamoros from their supplies. When the Mexican Army finally responded to these acts of aggression by sending a cavalry force into the disputed zone a skirmish developed between an American patrol led by Thornton versus the Mexican cavalry force. About 16 American soldiers were killed and Pres. Polk used this as a pretext to ask Congress for a declaration of war against Mexico, as Polk coveted Mexican California and New Mexico. So you see, the Mexican-American war was entirely provoked and started by the U.S., a war of aggression. In other words the U.S. is the bad guy in this war.
When did American and Mexican troops clash in disputed territory leading to a controversial declaration of war?
1846
What drew the us into the Mexican American war?
i heard it was mexicans crossing into our territory when we had our owwn boundaries. It is a little more complicated than that. America claimed the territory and so did Mexico. It was disputed. America sent troops to patrol the area, and so did Mexico. When the Mexican troops entered the disputed territory, America used it as a pretext to attack.
Abraham Lincoln and the Mexican American War?
Abraham Lincoln did not fight in the Mexican War, but he was an outspoken opponent of it. He demanded to know the exact "spot" on American soil where American blood had been shed in disputed territory- one of the main excuses for going to war.
What did the US gain as territory after the Mexican-American War?
California and the American Southwest.
What was the us fighting with when they gained the southwest territory?
The Mexican American War.
Did Oregon Territory have anything to do with the Mexican American War?
Nothing at all.
Following the Mexican American War where did the US gain territory?
It gained California and the American Southwest.
How did the US make the Mexican-American War look like it was Mexico's fault?
They sent troops into the disputed territory and when troops are in harms way the inevitable invariably happens. Men died and the casus belli existed for a Declaration of War by the US Congress.
What conflict resulted in the US gaining territory in the West and Southwest including California Nevada and Utah?
The Mexican-American war
Where did The Affair take place?
In the disputed territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande River, in present-day Texas. The American president (Pres. Polk) had ordered General Zachary Taylor and his force to move south of the Nueces into the disputed zone, and there to build a supply depot at Point Isabel and a fort near the Rio Grande, just across from the Mexican city of Matamoros. The Mexican government demanded that he withdraw from the disputed area and not only did Taylor ignore them he then ordered a naval blockade of the mouth of the Rio Grande intended to cut off the Mexican forces forming up in Matamoros from their supplies. When the Mexican Army finally responded to these acts of aggression by sending a cavalry force into the disputed zone a skirmish developed between an American patrol led by Thornton versus the Mexican cavalry force. About 16 American soldiers were killed and Pres. Polk used this as a pretext to ask Congress for a declaration of war against Mexico, as Polk coveted Mexican California and New Mexico. So you see, the Mexican-American war was entirely provoked and started by the U.S., a war of aggression. In other words the U.S. is the bad guy in this war.
Where did the Thornton affair take place?
In the disputed territory between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande River, in present-day Texas. The American president (Pres. Polk) had ordered General Zachary Taylor and his force to move south of the Nueces into the disputed zone, and there to build a supply depot at Point Isabel and a fort near the Rio Grande, just across from the Mexican city of Matamoros. The Mexican government demanded that he withdraw from the disputed area and not only did Taylor ignore them he then ordered a naval blockade of the mouth of the Rio Grande intended to cut off the Mexican forces forming up in Matamoros from their supplies. When the Mexican Army finally responded to these acts of aggression by sending a cavalry force into the disputed zone a skirmish developed between an American patrol led by Thornton versus the Mexican cavalry force. About 16 American soldiers were killed and Pres. Polk used this as a pretext to ask Congress for a declaration of war against Mexico, as Polk coveted Mexican California and New Mexico. So you see, the Mexican-American war was entirely provoked and started by the U.S., a war of aggression. In other words the U.S. is the bad guy in this war.
When did Mexico give us there territory?
At the end of the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
