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James K. Polk
Rio Grande
slave
1840
John C. Fremont
Santa Fe
"Bear Flag Republic
California
Martin Van Buren
Vera Cruz
Guadalupe Hidalgo
Mexican Cession
annexed
The Mexican War began in
1846 and was the first war the United States fought mostly on foreign soil. The tensions between the
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another state since it would likely enter the country as a drag and drop answer here state, upsetting the balance of power in Congress. But in 1844,
President drag and drop answer het urged Congress to declare war on Mexico after that country refused to agree to sell Texas to the US. By the time
the war finally broke out, the US had drag and drop antwerhore Texas anyway
Fighting took place in a number of areas. In June of 1846, Major drag and drop answer here ted a small force to overthrow Mexican rule in northern
California. This was the independent so called drag and drop antwerhero Weeks later, General Stephen Kearney led his troops to capture the capital
of the New Mexico Territory, drag and drop anwar hore General Zachary Taylor led over 6,000 troops deep into the heart of Mexico, white Generat
Winfield Scott took nearly 15,000 men and seized the coastal town of drag and drop antwerhero By September of drag and drop anwar here, the
and the fighting came to an end