did you know the U.S.A bought the land that the mexican's claim that is their's?

Question

WARS - Mexican American War


1846-1848


With the annexation of Texas in early 1845, war with Mexico became all but inevitable. President James K. Polk hoped to settle matters peacefully but was determined to have his way by war if necessary. In November 1845 he sent John Slidell to Mexico with an offer of $5,000,000 for the purchase of New Mexico and $25,000,000 for California. The offer was refused. On May 9, 1846, word reached Washington, D.C. that American troops had been attacked by Mexican forces on April 4. Polk asked Congress, and was granted, a declaration of war. Congress authorized the president to call for 50,000 volunteers and appropriated $10,000,000. Congress and the nation, however, were far from united on the idea of waging war. Southerners favored war as likely to extend slave territory, while notherners opposed the war for the same reason.

President James K. Polk ordered U.S. troops into the region in southern Texas disputed with Mexico, between roughly parallel Nueces and Rio Grande rivers. The commanding general was Zachary Taylor.

1846- Battle of Palo Alto, the first important engagement of the Mexican War, was faught, with the Mexicans on the losing side.

1846- Battle of Resaca de la Palma, U.S. forces under General Taylor forced the Mexican army back across the Rio Grande.

1846- U.S. forces crossed the Rio Grande, led by General Zachary Taylor. The Americans occupied Matamoros.

1846- Monterrey, Mexico, was captured by U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor after a four day engagement that made "Old Rough and Ready" Taylor, a Whig, into a national hero. His relations with President Polk, a Democrat, cooled subsequently.

1847- Battle of Buena Vista, U.S. forces under General Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexicans under General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna.

1847- U.S. forces under General Winfield Scott landed near Vera Cruz, Mexico. Some 10,000 troops landed in the Western Hemisphere, in what was the first large=scale amphibious operation in U.S. history. Scott began a siege of Vera Cruz on March 22. The fortress fell on March 27 and was occupied two days later. On April 8 Scott moved toward Mexico City.

1847- To negotiate peace with Mexico, President James K. Polk appointed as his special agent Nicholas P. Trist, a State Department veteran.

1847- At Cerro Gordo General Winfield Scott, marching on Mexico City, met and defeated a Mexican force of about 13,000.

1847- Peace negotiations with Mexico were initiated through the British minister, Charles Bankhead.

1847- At Churubusco General Winfield Scott defeated a Mexican army of 20,000.

1847- At the Battle of Molino del Rey U.S. forces under General Winfield Scott defeated an estimated 12,000 Mexicans.

1848- The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed by the U.S. and Mexico on February 2, 1848, formally ended the Mexican War (1846-1848). By the terms Mexico recobnized Texas as part of the U.S. and ceded to the U.S. over 500,000 square miles of territory, including all of the future states of California, Nevada, and Utah, almost all of New Mexico and Arizona, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. In return the U.S. agreed to pay Mexico $15,000,000 and to assume the claims of U.S. citizens against Mexico, amounting to $3,250,000. The U.S. became an enormous continental republic, but the acquisition of the new territory aggravated the dispute between slavery and antislavery forces. The war resulted in 1721 dead and 4102 wounded. In addition, some 11,155 Americans died of disease as a result of the war. The total cost of the war was estimated at $97,500,000.

Read your history MEXICO STARTED THE WAR

Answer 1

true. i already know this along with other Americans. the Mexican people from Mexico think we Americans don't know this. the Mexican govt teaches the Mexican people lies in their schools. we payed for all the land we got from them and we are still paying. America needs to stop giving them money when they have a crises. let them take care of their self's. looks like kacky is one of them folks that don't want the truth coming out. if you get reported you keep posting the truth. Merry Christmas.

Answer 2

With blood, money, and forgiveness of debt, yes. And private Mexican citizens were permitted to keep their private land, so if 'we' have that it is because 'we' either inheirited it (as US citizens of Mexican descent) or they sold it to us.

However, lets take a step back and see how Mexico took it from the Natives to begin with????

Why is it only OUR conquest history being called into question?

Not to mention that the people who come illegally are trying to get OUT of Mexico and would only go further north if Texas, Arizona and California were still part of Mexico.

Answer 3

Yes, I knew this, of course I went to school in the 50's and 60's before a lot of history was revised.

Now, to the person who says this is not a question. It is a question! He as asking if people knew this. If that is not a question then what is?

If you are reported and fined (or whatever) for this, find some why of appealing that, and if you can't, let me know (you can E-mail my Answers account) and I, not you, will report that person for harassment.

Answer 4

Yes, we sure did, and just think we would not have had to buy anything, they ( Mexico ) were getting their butts kicked, so we could have just took the land and payed nothing.

Answer 5

Yep, knew it already. The Mexican people who lived on the USA side of the border were given the choice of becoming USA citizens and staying or moving south across the border back into Mexico. Some stayed, some went south. The ancestors of those that went south are the ones crying now that we 'stole' that land. NOW they wish their ancestors had STAYED in the USA!! TUFF $H*T!!

Answer 6

I don't believe the land belongs to Mexico anymore. But I still recognize that what the United States did was an indirect theft. Yes, they did buy the land, but they forced the Mexicans to sell it and for a thrifty price.

Answer 7

That doesn't mean much; they claim the whole country as theirs(hence their "Reconquista" movement,but even American Indians disagree with this) so let them crab as much as they want. We have the law, the numbers, and the guns, here. Even if we didn't, as long as we bought it, if they attempt to renege, THEY are the criminals.

Answer 8

Mexico did not start the war
Polk sent troops to start a war, this was part of the Manifest Destiny

Answer 9

no USA planed to steal it long before American Invasion war. take a look here, there are a lot of more, but you are the one who must do research of history.

and we are not saying that its ours only that was stolen(you ask we answer).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manifest_destiny
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monroe_doctrine

Answer 10

Mexico owns that territory as much as the French own what was once called Lousiana (sp?).