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The Mexican War of 1846–1848, largely forgotten today, was the second costliest war in American history in terms of the percentage of soldiers who died. Of the 78, 718 American soldiers who served, 13,283 died, constituting a casualty rate of 16.87 percent.
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 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.
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.
In September 1847, the U.S. army invaded the nation’s capital, Mexico City. Despite months of guerrilla warfare, Mexicans could not expel the occupying army. In February 1848, the two nations negotiated the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo to end the war.
Mexican 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. But others decried the war. Newspaper editor Horace Greeley warned ...
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 ended the Mexican‑American War, with much of the current U.S. Southwest ceded to the United States from Mexico.
Determined to acquire the land, Polk sent American troops to Texas in January of 1846 to provoke the Mexicans into war.