OCTOBER 1845 TAYLOR TO NUECES BORDER DISPUTE
NOVEMBER 1845 SLIDELL SENT TO MEXICO – MEXICO REFUSES TO SEE HIM - INSULTS USA
MARCH 1846 POLK ORDERS TAYLOR TO RIO GRANDE APRIL 1846 MEXICANS ATTACK!
APRIL 1846 TAYLOR’S MESSAGE POLK ASKS CONGRESS FOR DECLARATION OF WAR
MEXICAN DEBTS OWED MANIFEST DESTINY TEXAS ANNEXATION POLKPOLK
APRIL 1846 SOME OPPOSE MR. POLK’S WAR LINCOLNLINCOLN WHERE WAS THE SPOT?
USA HAS MANY ADVANTAGES 1.OCCUPY TEXAS & NORTHERN MEXICO 2. TAKE CALIFORNIA & NEW MEXICO 3. MARCH ON MEXICO CITY
ATTACKS NORTHERN MEXICO PALO ALTO BUENA VISTA MONTERREY
FIRST WAR WITH REPORTERS TRAVELING WITH ARMIES TELEGRAPH ALLOWS NEWS TO TRAVEL QUICKLY PEOPLE LOVE NEWSPAPER ACCOUNTS! TAYLOR POPULAR!
AMERICAN SETTLERS DECLARE INDEPENDENCE CAPTAIN JOHN FREMONT BATTLE OF MONTEREY US NAVY HELPS
STEVEN KEARNEY SANTA FE
WINFIELD SCOTT PUT IN CHARGE - PRES. TAYLOR? LANDS IN VERA CRUZ PUSHES TOWARD THE CAPITAL
“HALLS OF MONTEZUMA...” LAST BATTLE
MEXICO CITY FALLS (SEPT. 1847)
NICHOLAS TRIST ORDERED TO PAY $30 MIILION FOR CALIFORNIA & SOUTH WEST SITUATION HAD CHANGED – MORE LAND? MEXICAN GOVT. UNSTABLE TRIST NEGOCIATES
TERRITORY TRAINING GROUND FOR CIVIL WAR SOUTH AMERICA UPSET WITH USA