MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
MANIFEST DESTINY
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Question
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Nueces River
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Mississippi River
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St. Johns River
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Rio Grande River
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Detailed explanation-1: -Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its southern border. Mexico said the Nueces River, to the north, should be the border.
Detailed explanation-2: -What river did Mexico believe was the proper border between Texas and Mexico? Mexico believed the nueces river was the proper border between Texas and Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -But when Texas moved its militia into disputed territory west of the Nueces River, thereby staking a claim to the Rio Grande as its southern border, Mexico responded by breaking off diplomatic relations with the United States.
Detailed explanation-4: -Mexico, who refused to formally recognize Texas’ independence in the first place, pushed back against Texas’ desire to set their Republic’s border at the Río Grande. Mexico contested that Texas had to move the line back to the Nueces River, which runs through modern day Corpus Christi.