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Mexican-American War Research

Main Idea TEKS 7.4A: …identify how individuals, events and issues of the Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo shaped the history of Texas.

SOURCE #1 Textbook

CAUSES: Mex did not recognize Tx indep./considered annexation by U.S. an insult Boundary – Nueces R. or Rio Grande? American expansion westward – commerce Mx army destroyed much American property Mx refused to negotiate with U.S. U.S. troops moved across the Nueces R.

FACTS: (Details – Texas’ Role in the War) Apr/May 1846 – fighting begins May 13, 1846 – U.S. declares war 5,000 Texans volunteered Edward Burleson Mirabeau B. Lamar Albert S. Johnston J. Pinckney Henderson Tx Rangers – used as scouts

RESULTS: U.S. victory Signed a peace treaty

TREATY OF GUADALUPE-HIDALGO Mx abandoned ALL claims to Tx Mx accepted Rio Grande as boundary Mx surrendered to U.S. ALL territory between W. Tx and Pacific Mexican Cession U.S. agreed to pay $15 mill to Mx for land U.S. agreed to pay claims of American citizens

WORKS CITED Anderson, Ph.D., Adrian N. and others. Texas and Texans. New York: Glenco-McGraw Hill, 2003.

SOURCE #2 Internet

Instructions: My computer Student-on-Server Woolley (folder) Mexican War (folder) Double click on Mexican War

WORKS CITED Information to include: Author (if included) Name of website Web address Date accessed