Mexican-American war

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• Different names
  • US-Mexican War
  • Invasion of Mexico
  • the US Intervention
• Why
  • Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution
• Hypocrite
  • Mexico was hypocritical bc they did not allow an area its independence when they fought 11 years for theirs
• Manifest Destiny
  • President Polk really believed in this
  • it is westward expansion
  • Louisiana Purchase was less than 50 years ago
• Polk wants war
  • his message to Congress on May 11th, 1846
    • "Mexico has passed the boundary of the US has invaded out territory and shed American blood on American soil"
• Santa Anna 2nd chance
  • When the US declared war on Mexico, Santa Anna (he is exiled at this point) wrote to Mexico City saying he no longer had aspirations to the presidency but would be just a military leader
  • Santa Anna was secretly dealing with reps of the US pleading that if he were allowed in Mexico through the US blockades he will sell land cheap
  • He lies to both Mexico and the US
• Thornton Affair
  • Mariano Arista fires on American troops across the Rio Grande
  • April 25th, 1846
• Battle of Monterrey
  • Zach Taylor (had 6,220 men) leader of the US
  • Pedro (had 10,000) leader of Mexico
  • US wins
  • Sept 21st, 1846
• Battle of BV
  • Taylor (4,500) leader of the US- winner
  • Santa Anna leader Mexico (20,000)
• September 12, 1847
  • Battle of Chapultepec
    • Halls of Montezuma
    • 13,00 Americans attack a fort outside Mexico City
    • 2 days later we capture Mexico City
• February 2nd, 1848
  • received most of the south west
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Higalgo
    • ended the war
• results
  • US win
  • Mexico lost 55 percent of its territory
  • America added 1.2 million square miles