Mexican-American War Dbq

Over the course of early American history, America had set their eyes on expansion in the effort to trade, to market, gain resources, and security. The Americans referred their effort to expand as ‘manifest destiny,’ it was a belief that justified the inevitable expansion of the United States to the West, the land not yet settled. However, the effort in their conquest of the land was never the simplest action for adversaries from a foreign country lived or owned the land before the United States’ claim. Such volatile actions were no exception to its attempt to annex Texas into the United States. History has proven that there is always a reason for war; the Mexican-American War was a result of a prelude battle between Mexicans and Texans. However, a lack of research prevails on the reasoning of the Texans’ could falsely claim their independence from Mexico after the signature of the treaty of Velasco. The study covers the argument behind the Mexican-American War to further understand the reasons from both parties, Mexico, and

In 1835, the Texan Revolution began and ended in 1837; however, it was unimaginable that the Mexican military had lost with a larger army than their opponents. The Texan had lost key forts such as the Presidio La Bahia in Goliad; furthermore, the glorious well-noted battle had occurred in the Alamo. The Battle of the Alamo was one of the biggest lost for Texans, Americans and Mexicans of Tejas banded together to fend off the Mexican military; however, the Mexican army had won the battle of the Alamo. Santa Anna had left survivors of the battle to clothe food and unharmed, San Jacinto was where Santa Anna’s army was to regroup, but it was also their downfall. Sam Houston army on the east of Texas was the only contributor who disrupted the fiesta of Santa Anna and entered in with a surprise attack, Sam Houston defeated and captured Santa