MEXICAN WAR
- Americans thought the border should be at the Rio Grande River
-Mexicans thought the border should be made more north
-Mexican cavalry ambushed Americans
-Americans tried to take over Mexico
-Northern U.S. feared the increase of power in slave states
-Mexicans thought the border should be made more north
-Mexican cavalry ambushed Americans
-Americans tried to take over Mexico
-Northern U.S. feared the increase of power in slave states
SUMMARY
The United States and Mexico could not agree on the border between them.The United States claimed that Mexican soldiers crossed over to attack some American soldiers. Some in the United States said it was just an excuse to get land claimed by Mexico. Others feared that the practice of slavery would spread to new land gained by war. Most of Congress as well as President Polk were for the war.They believed in Manifest Destiny, and Polk wanted California. In May 1846, the United States declared war. It became known as the Mexican–American War. News of the war took more than a month to reach California. On July 2, Commodore John D. Sloat, a commander of U.S. Navy ships in the Pacific, waited for news. He had orders to take California ports when war broke out. He decided to take action on July 7, and raised the American flag over Monterey.Yerba Buena and San Francisco Bay were captured, and Commodore Robert Stockton took San Diego and Los Angeles.
The United States and Mexico could not agree on the border between them.The United States claimed that Mexican soldiers crossed over to attack some American soldiers. Some in the United States said it was just an excuse to get land claimed by Mexico. Others feared that the practice of slavery would spread to new land gained by war. Most of Congress as well as President Polk were for the war.They believed in Manifest Destiny, and Polk wanted California. In May 1846, the United States declared war. It became known as the Mexican–American War. News of the war took more than a month to reach California. On July 2, Commodore John D. Sloat, a commander of U.S. Navy ships in the Pacific, waited for news. He had orders to take California ports when war broke out. He decided to take action on July 7, and raised the American flag over Monterey.Yerba Buena and San Francisco Bay were captured, and Commodore Robert Stockton took San Diego and Los Angeles.
