MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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What were TWO causes of conflict between U.S. and Mexico over the annexation of Texas?
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Mexico had wanted to reclaim Texas and this would make it harder for them to do that
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Mexico and the U.S. disagreed about the southern border of Texas
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Mexico had already annexed Texas before the U.S.
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Mexico wanted to accomplish Manifest Destiny before America
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -It stemmed from the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the U.S. in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (the Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (the U.S. claim).
Detailed explanation-2: -Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45).
Detailed explanation-3: -Mexico also feared a domino effect-that giving up Texas would lead to the loss of their other northern territories. Many Mexicans also distrusted the other powers involved in the Texas dispute.
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