MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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U.S. Army
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Texas Navy
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Texas Rangers
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U.S. Marines
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Detailed explanation-1: -Unsatisfied with the protection the Mexican government provided, Stephen F. Austin created his own force of “rangers” to protect the men and women living in his colony.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Mexican-American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848.
Detailed explanation-3: -War With Mexico Walker joined one of several Ranger companies that were mustered into federal service to function as scouts. The Rangers fought with such ferocity in the war that they came to be called “Los Diablos Tejanos”–the Texas Devils.
Detailed explanation-4: -In July 1845, Polk sent General Zachary Taylor to Texas, and by October, Taylor commanded 3, 500 Americans on the Nueces River, ready to take by force the disputed land.