Consequences of the U.S.- Mexican War

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Causes and Consequences of the U .S .-Mexican War (1846-1848

The Mexican-American war as was popularly known was basically an armed war between the United States and Mexico which lasted for a period of two years that is from 1846 to 1848 . The war begun when the U .S wanted to take possession of the Texas state but Mexico claimed the ownership of Texas as a secede province and refused to recognize the U .S 's secession program . Various terms have been used to describe this

kind of war . In U .S , it is referred to as the Mexican war and rarely as the US-Mexican war but in Mexico it is known as the North America intervention in Mexico , American Invasion of Mexico and as The War of '47 . Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821 which inherited various states from Spain Empire including Texas (Zinn 59 ) Because it wanted to control the b region of Texas , it allowed few U .S people to settle there as the state initially had few people settling there The region later had an influx of the U .S citizens to a scale not expected by Mexico and the English language dominated there

The U .S government made efforts to buy Texas State but the Emperor by the time Agustnn Iturbide and also his successor Antonio Lopez refused as they wanted to colonize its northern provinces . By this time Texas had become disheartened with Mexican government where many Mexican soldiers...