1. Mexican-American War
Research

2. 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.

3. SOURCE #1
Textbook

4. 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.

5. 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

6. RESULTS:
U.S. victory
Signed a peace treaty

7. 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

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

9. SOURCE #2
Internet

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

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