USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -On January 13, 1846, Polk ordered American forces into deeply disputed territory. In April, an army of approximately 4, 000 men lead by General Zachary Taylor entered the Nueces Strip, a contested territory that Mexico and many Americans regarded as never having been a part of Texas.

Detailed explanation-2: -In January 1846, fearing the Mexicans would respond to U.S. annexation by asserting control over disputed territory in southwestern Texas, President James K. Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor to move a force into Texas to defend the Rio Grande border.

Detailed explanation-3: -In 1845 President James K. Polk sent Taylor with a detachment of 4, 000 troops to Texas.

Detailed explanation-4: -In the Mexican War he won major victories at Monterrey and Buena Vista. President Polk, disturbed by General Taylor’s informal habits of command and perhaps his Whiggery as well, kept him in northern Mexico and sent an expedition under Gen. Winfield Scott to capture Mexico City.

Detailed explanation-5: -In July 1845, Polk sent General Zachary Taylor to Texas, and by October, Taylor commanded 3, 500 Americans on the Nueces River, ready to take by force the disputed land.