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America Wants to Negotiate for Mexican Land
America sends John Sidell to negotiate for California and New Mexico. Sidell was willing to put down five million dollars for New Mexico and twenty five million for California, but Mexico doesn't want to negotiate. -
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Mexican-American War
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Texas Becomes the 28th State in America
The U.S. annexation of Texas was made official on December 29, 1845. It was protested by Mexico's government official, they thought it was unfair. -
Polk's Speech
President Polk made a speech declaring war on Mexico because they had attacked the U.S. troops on American soil. -
America Declares War
On May 13, 1846, Crongress declares war on Mexico because Mexico had attacked the U.S. troops inTexas. -
The Battle of Monterrey
Taylor leads his troops into Monterrey and engages in an intense battle that lasted for several day. The U.S. and the Mexico were the parties who fought. -
The Battle of Buena Vista
General Antonio Lopez lead the the Mexican army of 20,000 and and the the U.S. army had only 5,000. Even though Mexico had out numbered the U.S. army, the United States still won. This had been the bloodest battle in the Mexican-American War. -
The Battle of Veracruz
General Winfield Scott had taken his troops to Veracruz, because they needed to capture the city. It was a major port city on the Gulf of Mexico. Within in a week the capture a major Mexicn fort, which they used to ship military supply inland. -
The Battle for Mexico City
The U.S. troops arrived in Mexico's capitol, Mexico City. Within a month U.S. successfully occupied Mexico City. -
Spot Resolution
Abraham Licoln, a reprisentative from Illinois introduced a legislation known as the "Spot Resolution," which questioned if Polk was justified in taking the nation to war with Mexico. -
The Ending of the Mexican-American War
The U.S. and Mexico signes the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo officially ending the Mexican-Amercan War. the United States is willing to pay Mexico fifteen million dollars to pay off depts owed to private Amercans by the Mexican government.
