MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
[CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
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True-But the US wanted it to be the Nueces River
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False-Mexico wanted it to be the Nueces River
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Either A or B
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None of the above
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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: -Part of Texas’ creation of The Republic of Texas was establishing new borders with its neighbors. Texas used the Adams-Onís as a boundary line to the U.S., but decided to set the Rio Grande (called the Río Bravo del Norte in Mexico) as its boundary line to Mexico.
Detailed explanation-3: -The border was established in the 1819 Adams–Onís Treaty between the United States and Spain, which specified a border in the vicinity of the western edge of the Mississippi River watershed. Mexico gained its independence from Spain, and the border was reaffirmed in the 1828 Treaty of Limits.
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.