MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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The Treaty of Velasco called for Mexican forces to attack Texas in the event that Polk became president of the United States.
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The Treaty of Velasco allowed Mexican troops to cross the Rio Grande without fault.
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The Treaty of Velasco placed the Texas border at the Rio Grande and Mexico refused to honor it.
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Pancho Villa had signed the Treaty of Velasco and refused to honor it.
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Detailed explanation-1: -The public treaty provided that hostilities would cease and that Santa Anna would withdraw his forces below the Rio Grande and not take up arms again against Texas. In addition, he also pledged to restore property that had been confiscated by the Mexicans. Both sides promised to exchange prisoners on an equal basis.
Detailed explanation-2: -In the Treaty of Velasco, the Texas-Mexico border was established along the Rio Grande.
Detailed explanation-3: -The signatories were Interim President David G. Burnet for Texas and Santa Anna for Mexico.
Detailed explanation-4: -The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-48), was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city to which the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S. forces.
Detailed explanation-5: -Both the governments of Texas and Mexico then proceeded to violate the terms of the treaties, and their conflict continued.