MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Colorado
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Rio Grande
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Nueces
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Detailed explanation-1: -In 1845 the United States annexed Texas and subsequently engaged in a dispute with Mexico over the southern Texas-Mexico border. Texas claimed that its southwest boundary extended to the Rio Grande. Mexico claimed that the boundary was the Nueces River, which is 100 miles (160 kilometers) eastward.
Detailed explanation-2: -Mexico claimed that the southern boundary of Texas was the Nueces River, the Texan boundary while under Mexican rule. Americans, as well as the incoming President, claimed that the boundary of Texas was the Rio Grande River.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Rio Grande serves as the border here. “The Rio Grande is a natural border, has been since 1848, and the ties between cities and towns on either side are strong, ” CNN’s Gregory Krieg reported.