MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Texas claimed the Rio Grande as the border while Mexico claimed the border was the Nueces River.
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Texas claimed the Nueces River as the border while Mexico claimed the border was the Rio Grande.
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Texans were attempting to force Natives off of their land and into Mexico.
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Mexicans caused problems for Texas by forcing Natives off of their land and into Texas.
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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. The dispute simmered until Dec. 29, 1845, when the U.S. annexed the Lone Star State, and sent troops to the Rio Grande a month later.
Detailed explanation-2: -Upon the conclusion of the TEXAS REVOLUTION, the Republic of Texas contended that the Rio Grande marked its border with Mexico, while Mexico argued that the Nueces River was the boundary. Consequently, both countries laid claim to the area between the two rivers, known as the Nueces Strip.
Detailed explanation-3: -After the Mexican-American War-during Texas’ first round of being a U.S. state-the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo established the Rio Grande as the border between the United States and Mexico. People living along some parts of the river woke up as part of a different country.
Detailed explanation-4: -In the 1830s, the Republic of Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its southern border; Mexico claimed the Nueces River (150 mi or 240 km north of the Rio Grande). The area between the two rivers became known as the Nueces Strip. Both countries invaded it, but neither controlled it nor settled it.