Mexican-American War: Causes, Tactics, and Consequences

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HISTORY 2
Executive summary
The animosity between Mexico and America started back in 1840s when there was American-
Mexican war. There are several impacts of the war which included death, displacement and
increased suspicion among the two states. In this solution, it is going to elaborate the cause of the
war, how the two countries organized the fight and lastly the impacts of the battle to America
and Mexico.

HISTORY 3
The Mexican-American war
Introduction
Cummings, (2015) argues that, the Mexican-American war refers to the fight between the
United States and Mexico. From history, this war can be traced between 184 to 1848. The
primary cause of this war is the matter of boundary. The United States of America wanted to
extend its limit on the North American continent. It was the American perception that they have
the right from Almighty God to expand their country’s territory beginning from the sea to the
shining sea. Initially, Texas was part of Mexico, however, after a severe fight to become
independent, Texas left Mexico and joined the United States as one of its states. From that point,
the two parts, Texas and Mexico started disagreeing on where the boundary was.
Causes of American-Mexican dispute
From history, there are two primary roots of the disagreement between the United States
of America and Mexico. The first known cause is the United States desire to extend its territory
to the Pacific Ocean from the North American Continent. The high level of United States
greediness made all its neighbors disagree with her. For example, the British living in Canada,
the Mexicans who were on the South West American and lastly Native Americans according to
Gómez, (2018). At around 1803, president Jefferson’s acquired Louisiana territory. The
acquisition of these enormous acres of land made many Americans migrate and settle in places
that did not belong to them. However, in 1845, president Pol arose in power and introduced an
idea of Manifest destiny. The meaning of the slogan manifest destiny meant that America had the
blessings from God to extend their territories the way the liked. The idea got into many
Americans minds, and most of them continued to settle in other people’s lands according to