MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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They all brought about a war with Spain.
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They all increased the territory of the United States.
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They all resulted in territory being taken from the United States.
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They all involved land forcibly taken from Mexico.
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Detailed explanation-1: -What did the Louisiana Purchase of 1803, the annexation of Texas in 1845, and the U.S.-Mexican War of 1846 have in common? They all brought about a war with Spain.
Detailed explanation-2: -Texas was annexed to the United States in 1845, but disputes over the southern border continued and contributed to the outbreak of war between the United States and Mexico in 1846.
Detailed explanation-3: -The immediate cause of the Mexican-American War was a disputed boundary between the United States and Texas on the Nueces Strip.
Detailed explanation-4: -Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado (see Article V of the treaty).