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The Rio Grande River qualifies as such.
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∙ 8y agoThe Nueces River qualifies as such. This ill-defined border resulted in several skirmishes, which in turn became the perfect pretext to start the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
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∙ 15y agoThe Nueces River
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∙ 13y agoThe Neches river
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River that Mexico claimed as the Texas-Mexico boundary crossed by Taylor's troups in 1846?
The Rio Grande
What river caused a dispute between Mexico the US?
Mexico claimed that the Nueces River was the boundary between the two nations while the US maintained that the Rio Grande was the boundary. As clear boundary definitions were never established, some skirmishes occurred on this no-man's land, resulting in American blood shed, and used as casus belli by President Polk to start the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
Is Mexico the southern boundary of the US?
Right.
Claimed the US as southern boundary of Texas?
Rio Grande River
What is the political boundary between the US and Mexico?
The border
What river did Mexico clam as the boarder?
Mexico claimed the Nueces River defined the US-Mexico border.
What role did the Rio Grande play during the Mexican War?
The Mexican war started over boundary disputes between the United States and Mexico. The Mexicans claimed that the boundary lied near corpus Christi and the U.S claimed it was the Rio Grande.
Who owned California before the US claimed it?
MEXICO owend it
What are the two rivers that have started a war between the US and Mexico?
Nueces River and the the Rio Grande River. Mexico claimed that the Nueces river was the Texas and Mexico border. The US claimed that the Rio Grande was the correct location.
When did the US first claimed New Mexico?
The US claimed what became the New Mexico territory during the Mexican-American War. It was primarily a linear western extension from Texas.
Which major event settles the boundary dispute between Mexico and the US?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo settled the boundary dispute between the United States and Mexico.
The Rio Hondo forms a boundary between Mexico and what other country?
Most of the Mexico-Belize border is defined by the Hondo River (Spanish: Rio Hondo).There is however, a Rio Hondo located in the US State of New Mexico, but it doesn't define any boundary with the country of Mexico.
