Mexico Dbq Research Paper

America was justified in going into war with Mexico because they wanted to respect their soldiers,Texas was now an American state,and Mexico lost control of the land.It took four people to cause the Revolutionary War,and it only took 16 men to start the Mexican-American War.In order to respect the American soldiers that were killed,America needed to go to war.Document B it states, “Texas had determined to annex herself to our union,and under these circumstances,it was it was plainly our duty to extend our protection over her citizens soil.”(Doc B)When Texas declared its independence,it was known to soon become an American state.Texas was seen as a sister to America and they wanted to protect the land that was invaded.On Document A it states,

In document D Mexico got their independence from Spain. All of the land that was Spain's was now Mexico's. This evidence shows the the United States was not justified in going to war because Mexico just got Texas and The United states already want to go to war over it. It’s Mexico's land not the

To add to that, Document C, an article on the viewpoint of Mexico on the war with America, thinks the same thing. A Mexican force attacked the troops when they arrived at the Rio Grande River because it was “occupying the territory in dispute and increasing the possibilities of a confrontation … the mobilization of the U.S. army was an outright attack on Mexico…” This evidence shows that the U.S. troops approaching the border looked very suspicious and like an act of war in Mexico’s point of view, when it was simply a misunderstanding and nothing more. This is how documents B and C provide evidence on why the United States was not justified in going to war with

Why was the U.S in a war with Mexico? You see it started in 1821 when Texas signed a treaty with the U.S. (I’ll get to that soon). Mexico was getting mad that Texas signed with the U.S because Mexico thought that Texas was their territory and they also thought the U.S took Texas from them. While you're reading this essay think about this was the U.S justified in going to war with Mexico In my opinion the U.S was justified in going to war with Mexico for number of reasons it's their Manifest Destiny, they needed land, and they needed retaliation for attack on Tayor.

The final reason that America was unjustified in fighting this war was, the Americans broke the treaty and brought in slaves. The Mexicans considered U.S troops as an act of war (Doc C) , they thought a broken treaty was a sign of war. In document D, the Americans crossed into Mexico’s land with slaves in defiance of Mexico’s laws. In document A, it states “Current wave of immigration In document C, it clearly says that the Americans forced the treaty to be signed unknowingly, which means they defied laws and broke the peace treaty of the two countries

In Document C, it states that Americans called this war the “Mexican American War”, but in Mexico’s eyes, it was called “The American Invasion”. This was because Americans thought that that land belonged to them, and that Mexicans were the ones who were invading. For Mexicans, the Americans were invading their territory. This entire thing was a big misunderstanding, leading to the war. This shows that America was not justified because that incident was a large misunderstanding for both Mexico and

When something or someone gets misused or treated wrong, a strong solution is to fight back. In 1846 a war between Mexico and America had started being named the Mexican American War. Before the war Mexico had owned the province of Texas, and this was meant to include Americans to join them. That was not a good idea, because Mexico and America had different beliefs. Texas did not approve of their beliefs and tried to leave them, but matters only got worse. At this time Mexico and America were about the same size, and Mexico wanted to keep growing after freedom from Spain. Texas is angry and the United States wants to go to war with Mexico. The United States was justified in going to war with Mexico because of Mexico’s bad government, that Mexico invaded and shot the US, and because everyone wants to go to war!

[During the year of 1846, president Polk from the United States had gone to war with Mexico. The two countries went to war after Texas had declared itself an independent republic and the U.S had annexed it. This stained the relationship between the United States and Mexico. Also, on top of that, Mexico and the United States could not agree on a border. The U.S believed that the Rio Grande was the border, but Mexico thought the Nueces River was the border. Eventually, Mexican soldiers fired on the American troops that were patrolling along the Rio Grande and that marked the beginning of the Mexican War. When the war was over, the U.S had gained about half of Mexico’s land.]

In the first place, the Mexican War was not justified was because the U.S not having the right to take Mexico's land that was supposed to be theirs. In ¨Annexation¨ , John L. O'Sullivan stated that ¨Mexico can never exert any real government authority over such a country..¨ Mexico does not have any experience with controlling such a big area. He also stated that ¨.. Checking the fulfillment of our Manifest Destiny to overspread the continent allotted by Providence for the free development of our yearly multiplying millions.¨ this means that the U.S.

Should the US have all of Texas and California or should we not have them? The US went to war with Mexico in 1846. In this war the US wanted to have the Manifest Destiny come true, so the US fought over land which is now called Texas. After the war had been fought over Texas, the US had a little later had attempted to take more land. In which, they were successful and now we call the land they fought for part of California. The US was right for going to war with Mexico for three reasons, Manifest Destiny, there was a vote on it, and Mexico attacked first.

Mexico had just become a country, still weak from its fight for independence from Spain and not strong enough to have a solidified government and America took advantage of this. In Document E a Mexican official talks about the “the most scandalous violation of the rights of a nation” when referring to the annexation of Texas, this shows that Mexico saw what the US was doing as unjust. The ambition of the country and its pioneers blinded itself to the inequity of its actions. Document E also states that “conquest has always been a crime against humanity” and that the United States has begun to practice this, taking advantage of Mexico’s friendly relations which was based upon treaties and promises. It said that America did not take the treaties seriously and was only looking to gain possession in the middle of peace. While Mexico was treated unfairly during Manifest Destiny another party was being pushed away to make way for the ‘American way of

The Mexican-American War was incorrectly named; it was not simply Americans vs Mexicans, but a war between opinions. America’s war with Mexico: a war for land, for the sake of Manifest Destiny, or perhaps, a war to be started and ended in victory by… a thief. This war was supported and criticized by Americans and Mexicans alike. Manifest Destiny was a belief that it was God’s Plan to for America to expand to the Pacific Ocean, and a very controversial belief, at that. Before this war of opinions, the US already created a tense relationship with its neighbor by providing aid to the Texas Rebellion, and later annexing Texas. The United States was not Justified in going to war with Mexico because Texas was signed over, with no extra land, America was obviously itching to go to war, and settlers agreed to become Mexican citizens in the first place

America was unjustified because of the disputed of the territory. (Hook) Texas and Mexicans aren't being far to each other, or not letting one another have an equal part in the territories because Texas and the US believe their border was on Rio but the Mexicans thought theirs was the Nueces River they both want more land than the other causing a fight or a war. (Doc D) They are rude and disrespectful to the Mexicans when they lived in the Mexican territory, Because they think that since they live in mexico and we aren't Mexican we don't have to obey the laws/rules that they have made.Texas and Mexico both want big land masses so they fight over who gets what causing war between the two of them.

The United States of America has been through many wars, wars concerning many things such as land oil, pride and respect. However, when the United States went to war with Mexico, it was planned over greed. The Mexican- American war was a war provoked by the United States, in efforts to expand the coasts of the country. Mexico was a small under privileged country who had previously to the war had already lost part of their country (Texas). Needless to say this war was cut throat and violent, it was however one of the smartest business decisions America has ever made.

The War with Mexico was unjust because America had no right to invade Mexico, Start war, or incorrectly argue over the borders. “I have said from the start that the United States are the aggressors… We have not one particle of right to be here.” (Colonel Ethan Allen Hitchcock, Spring 1846, Source #2.) What Colonel Hitchcock is implying is America had no right to invade Mexican territory and declare war on them. Expansion purposes were not necessary for the United States at the time, But America still believed that they had enough reasoning to invade Mexico. Mexico also did not need to be the target for expansion. America was also claimed to be the one to start the War with Mexico and is responsible for the problems that occurred during the