MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Both would enter the Union as slave states.
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Both would enter the Union as free states.
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Both were former Mexican territories.
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Both were jointly occupied by the United States and Great Britain.
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Detailed explanation-1: -Mexico ceded nearly all the territory now included in the U.S. states of New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, California, Texas, and western Colorado for $15 million and U.S. assumption of its citizens’ claims against Mexico. Read more about the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Detailed explanation-2: -Polk sent a diplomatic mission to Mexico in an attempt to buy the disputed territory, together with California and everything in between for $25 million; an offer the Mexican government refused. The U.S. sent troops to the disputed Rio Grande, ignoring Mexican demands to withdraw.
Detailed explanation-3: -They also began to use firearms from French traders. Why were New Mexico and California settled before Texas? Mexico settled because ranchers sold longhorn cattle there. California settled because Spanish leaders wanted to convert American Indians to Christianity. The missions they set up were very successful.