1. THE MEXICAN WAR, 1846-47

2. The Origins of the War  Manifest Destiny John O’Sullivan

3. MANIFEST DESTINY John O’Sullivan (1845) “Our manifest destiny [is] to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and … self government entrusted to us.”

4. The Origins of the War  Manifest Destiny  Texas Becomes Independent Stephen Austin Antonio de Santa Ana Sam HoustonBattle of San Jacinto River

5. Texas Independence

6. Antonio de Santa Ana

7. Texas Independence

8. The Origins of the War  Manifest Destiny  Texas Becomes Independent  John Tyler & the Texas Annexation Crisis

9. ZACHARY TAYLOR

10. MEXICO/TEXAS

11. JOHN TYLER

12. The Origins of the War  Manifest Destiny  Texas Becomes Independent  John Tyler & the Texas Annexation Crisis  Polk Provokes the Mexicans Rio Grande RiverNueces River

13. JAMES K. POLK

14. MEXICAN WAR

15. War with Mexico  Fighting Along the Rio Grande Fort Texas Gen. Mariano Arista Battle of Palo Alto Battle of Resaca De La Palma

21. War with Mexico  Fighting Along the Rio Grande  Zachary Taylor Attacks Monterrey Black FortWilliam Worth

22. BATTLE OF MONTERREY

23. WORTH ATTACKS

24. WILLIAM WORTH

25. STREET FIGHTING

26. BATTLE OF MONTERREY

27. ATTACKING INDEPENDENCE HILL

28. War with Mexico  Fighting Along the Rio Grande  Zachary Taylor Attacks Monterrey  The Taking of New Mexico & California Stephen KearnyJohn C. Fremont Robert Stockton

29. STEPHEN KEARNY

30. California/New Mexico

31. JOHN C. FREMONT

32. California/New Mexico

33. War with Mexico  Fighting Along the Rio Grande  Zachary Taylor Attacks Monterrey  The Taking of New Mexico & California  Santa Ana Counter-Attacks Battle of Buena Vista

34. MEXICAN WAR

35. Battle of Buena Vista

36. Winfield Scott’s Campaign  Scott Lands at Vera Cruz

37. WINFIELD SCOTT

38. SCOTT LANDS AT VERACRUZ

39. Winfield Scott’s Campaign  Scott Lands at Vera Cruz  Battle of Cerro Gordo

40. BATTLE of CERRO GORDO

41. SCOTT AWAITS REINFORCEMENTS

42. Winfield Scott’s Campaign  Scott Lands at Vera Cruz  Battle of Cerro Gordo  Scott Attacks Mexico City Robert E. LeeP.G.T. Beauregard

43. BATTLE for MEXICO CITY

44. Winfield Scott’s Campaign  Scott Lands at Vera Cruz  Battle of Cerro Gordo  Scott Attacks Mexico City 1. Battle of Contreras Gen. Valencia

45. Battles of Contreras/Churubusco

46. Winfield Scott’s Campaign  Scott Lands at Vera Cruz  Battle of Cerro Gordo  Scott Attacks Mexico City 1. Battle of Contreras 2. Battle of Churabusco San Patricio Battalion

47. Battles of Contreras/Churubusco

48. Winfield Scott’s Campaign  Scott Lands at Vera Cruz  Battle of Cerro Gordo  Scott Attacks Mexico City 1. Battle of Contreras 2. Battle of Churabusco 3. Battle of Molino del Rey Chapultepec

49. BATTLE for MEXICO CITY

50. Winfield Scott’s Campaign  Scott Lands at Vera Cruz  Battle of Cerro Gordo  Scott Attacks Mexico City 1. Battle of Contreras 2. Battle of Churabusco 3. Battle of Molino del Rey 4. Storming Chapultepec Joseph E. Johnston

51. STORMING CHAPULTEPEC

52. BATTLE for MEXICO CITY

53. Winfield Scott’s Campaign  Scott Lands at Vera Cruz  Battle of Cerro Gordo  Scott Attacks Mexico City  War Resistance & Peace Negotiations Henry David ThoreauDaniel Webster Nicholas Trist Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo