FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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Bringing slaves with them to farm the land
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Continuing to live in Spanish missions
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The U.S. expanding into Texas and spying on Mexico
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Keeping their military small
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Detailed explanation-1: -Worried that Texas was becoming too independent, the Mexican government cracked down on settlers there in 1830. It forbade further immigration-including the importation of slaves-and began to enforce taxes.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mexico, which had never recognized the Republic and still claimed Texas as its territory, responded by withdrawing its ambassador and suggesting that annexation would be tantamount to a declaration of war.
Detailed explanation-3: -Feeling threatened by the native groups, and worried that the United States would try to take Texas, the Mexican government moved to enact policies to move more settlers into the area to help implement control over the region. The Mexican government worked with empresarios, who operated as land agents in Texas.
Detailed explanation-4: -Therefore, in a Mexican view point, the war was not a result of greed or arrogance but a consequence to defend Mexico’s territory from U.S invasion. And thus, the Mexicans would call this war as “The U.S War against Mexico”. During the 1840s, many Americans had the idea of a “manifest destiny” craved into their heads.