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The Mexican–American War, [a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, [b] was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.
Mexican-American War, war between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It was caused by a territorial dispute stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from contention over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande.
The Mexican-American War was a 1846-1848 conflict over vast territories in the American West, which the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave to the United States.
When the Mexican military finally attacked Taylor’s army, war was declared, and Polk forced westward expansion through conflict with Mexico. Even though the war was opposed by many Americans, Americans rushed to volunteer and fight.
This is a list of the major causes and effects of the Mexican-American War, which grew from a border dispute after the United States annexed Texas in 1845 and resulted in the United States’ acquisition of more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square kilometers) of Mexican territory.
This list presents some of the key facts of the Mexican-American War, from its origins following the United States’ annexation of Texas (1845) to major turning points in the conflict, including the Battle of Buena Vista in February 1847 and the capture of Mexico City by U.S. forces seven months later.
The Mexican-American War is one of the least known pivotal moments in US History. It paved the way for so many other important events, from the expansion and dispossession of indigenous people, the California Gold Rush, and American Civil War.
America went to war to gain territory from Mexico and expand the nation’s boundary from Texas to California. President James K. Polk believed it was the nation’s destiny to occupy these lands, and he planned an elaborate military campaign to seize them.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States. The war had begun almost two years earlier, in May 1846, over a...
There is no memorial to the Mexican-American War in Washington, D.C., and only about 30 monuments across the whole of the United States pay tribute to a war in which more than 15,000 American soldiers lost their lives.