MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM
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Question
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Texas thought the border should be at the Nueces River not the Rio Grande
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Texas thought the border should be at the Rio Grande not the Nueces River
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Mexico thought the border should be at the Rio Grande not the Nueces River
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Mexico thought that San Antonio should be in Mexico not 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: -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.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -The U.S. sent troops to the disputed Rio Grande, ignoring Mexican demands to withdraw. Mexico subsequently attacked a group of 80 soldiers on April 25, 1846, a move which Polk used to convince the Congress of the United States to declare war.