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A 5 page paper which examines the reasons behind the war between the United States and Mexico in 1847. Bibliography lists 6 sources.
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the Mexican-American war the consensus is often that the war was caused by two basic reasons. One reason was that the United States wished to expand its territory to essentially
embrace the entire continent. The other reason involved Texas and the Texas War of Independence. In relationship to the United States desire to expand, this "caused conflict with all of
its neighbors; from the British in Canada and Oregon to the Mexicans in the southwest and, of course, with the Native Americans" (The History Guy, 2004). It seems that since
the very beginning of the 19th century there was a great deal of migration across to the west. Much of the time people were migrating through lands that did not
belong to the United States: "The belief that the U.S. basically had a God-given right to occupy and civilize the whole continent gained favor as more and more Americans settled
the western lands. The fact that most of those areas already had people living upon them was usually ignored, with the attitude that democratic English-speaking America, with its high ideals
and Protestant Christian ethics, would do a better job of running things than the Native Americans or Spanish-speaking Catholic Mexicans" (The History Guy, 2004). In relationship to the second
reason for the war and Texas, "In the 1820s and 1830s, Mexico, newly independent from Spain, needed settlers in the under-populated northern parts of the country" (The History Guy, 2004).
As such there was something of an invitation for people to come live in Texas if they converted to Mexican rule and Catholicism (The History Guy, 2004). However, many of
the Europeans who moved there soon became unhappy with the rule of Mexico City. "In 1835, Texas revolted, and after several bloody battles, the Mexican President, Santa Anna, was forced
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