Transcript Mexican American War Cause and Effect

Cause and Effect
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Texas Freedom – winning Independence and
the Treaties of Velasco
Statehood – Annexation of Texas to the United
States
Tension – U.S. offered to buy land, but Mexico
declined the offer, U.S. moves troops into the
disputed area
• Admission of Texas to United States
• Mexican Government refused to
recognize Treaties of Velasco
• Border dispute (Rio Grande vs. Nueces)
• Manifest Destiny (U.S. expansion to west
coast)
• Fighting in disputed area (U.S. claimed
that Mexico opened fire on U.S. soil)
• Secured peace between Mexico & U.S.
• Mexico recognized Texas as part of
U.S.
• Mexican Cession (Mexico received $15
million for land between Texas and
west coast
• U.S. took over claims against Mexico
• Respect rights of Spanish-Speaking
people
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Mexico lost 1/3 of its land and received $15
million dollars
General Taylor’s victories helped get him
elected as president
Battles served as “training ground” for many
future leaders of the Civil War
U.S. succeeded in Manifest Destiny
New states/territories present problems
regarding slavery - ultimately leading to the
Civil War
•James
K. Polk – U.S. President during the war
•Zachary
Taylor – General who was ordered to place
troops at Nueces River, then fought at Palo Alto and
Resaca de la Palma to set off the war
•Winfield
Scott – General who took troops via the Gulf
of Mexico to Vera Cruz, then across land to Mexico City
•Texas
Rangers – Texas lawmen served as scouts for
Taylor and Scott in the war, because they knew the
Texas landscape so well