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Essay on Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
As Drexler writes “In November 1835, the northern part of the Mexican state of Coahuila-Tejas declared itself in revolt against Mexico's new centralist government headed by President Antonio López de Santa Anna. By February 1836, Texans declared their territory to be independent and that its border extended to the Rio Grande rather than the Rio Nueces that Mexicans recognized as the dividing line.” (Drexler, pp. 23-25)The Texans were declared as the citizens of the Independent Republic of Texas on April 21, 1836 they follow the victory over the Mexicans at the Battle of San Jacinto; Mexicans had a thought of reconquering Tejas someday.
In December 1845, the U.S. Congress voted to soon sent troops led by General Zachary Taylor to the Rio Grande (regarded by Mexicans as their territory) in order to save the border of Mexico. The disasters between Mexican troops and U.S. forces provided the rationale for a Congressional declaration of war on May 13, 1846.Frazier noted that “General Taylor led his troops through to Monterrey, and General Stephen Kearny and his followers went to New Mexico, Chihuahua and California conflicts have occurred between them. But in actual it was Sir Winfield Scott who had suppressed some crucial blows for which it became easy for them finally to capture Mexico City itself in August 1847.” (Frazier, pp. 108-110)
Hot gave the idea that this war became popular in the South and with Americans who believed in visible destiny. But the war has risen up to great oppositions. Congressman Abraham Lincoln introduced a "Spot Resolution," demanding that Polk show the spot where Mexicans "shed American blood on American soil." Lincoln proclaimed, "That soil was not ours; and Congress did not annex or attempt to annex it." Writer Henry David Thoreau went to jail for refusing to pay a poll tax in protest against the war......
