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    The Mexican-American War began as a result of Manifest Destiny and America's desire to expand westward into Mexican territory. When the U.S. offered to purchase lands from Mexico and they refused, tensions rose and clashes occurred between U.S. and Mexican forces, leading to war being declared. The U.S. military had several victories over Mexican forces, and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war, forcing Mexico to cede over half its territory to the U.S. Though the land was acquired, tensions continued between new American settlers and the existing Mexican residents over land and cultural integration.

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    The Mexican-American War began as a result of Manifest Destiny and America's desire to expand westward into Mexican territory. When the U.S. offered to purchase lands from Mexico and they refused, tensions rose and clashes occurred between U.S. and Mexican forces, leading to war being declared. The U.S. military had several victories over Mexican forces, and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war, forcing Mexico to cede over half its territory to the U.S. Though the land was acquired, tensions continued between new American settlers and the existing Mexican residents over land and cultural integration.

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    The Mexican-American War began as a result of Manifest Destiny and America's desire to expand westward into Mexican territory. When the U.S. offered to purchase lands from Mexico and they refused, tensions rose and clashes occurred between U.S. and Mexican forces, leading to war being declared. The U.S. military had several victories over Mexican forces, and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war, forcing Mexico to cede over half its territory to the U.S. Though the land was acquired, tensions continued between new American settlers and the existing Mexican residents over land and cultural integration.

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    The Mexican-American War began as a result of Manifest Destiny and America's desire to expand westward into Mexican territory. When the U.S. offered to purchase lands from Mexico and they refused, tensions rose and clashes occurred between U.S. and Mexican forces, leading to war being declared. The U.S. military had several victories over Mexican forces, and the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war, forcing Mexico to cede over half its territory to the U.S. Though the land was acquired, tensions continued between new American settlers and the existing Mexican residents over land and cultural integration.

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    THE MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR

    By Rhian Berruto, Mileiry Villalobos, and Shaina Tano


    A long time ago,
    America was very small.
    Mommies and Daddies were
    having more babies and
    there wasnt enough room
    for everybody, so, people
    wanted to move west. It was
    their Manifest Destiny- an
    obvious fate that they had
    to move west.
    The only problem
    was, Mexico owned the
    land they wanted. So,
    two people who both
    wanted to be our
    president wanted get
    those lands for the big
    families. One of the men,
    Mr. Polk, won and he
    became our president!
    Yay! He was going to get
    that land for us!
    Hoorraayyy!
    Mexicos people who
    were living in Mexicos MONEY!

    land, did NOT want to


    share, and even though
    Mr. Polk offered to pay a
    NO
    LOT of money, Mexico said
    they still would not share.
    Mr. Polk was angry
    because sharing is caring.
    He wanted to fight them.
    Mr. Polks army got real
    close to Mexicos land and
    Mexico attacked.
    Mexico told them to back off. This is war!
    The army said,No!. They
    began to fight. A lot of Mr.
    Polks army died. When he got
    home, he told a lie. Do you
    know what he said? He said
    that it was Mexico that
    walked into his land, not him,
    and killed his people. They
    declared war.
    Young men from the big
    families wanted to help fight.
    Some went to America to
    fight the Mexican people
    there. They took over
    Sonoma in California, which
    is very close to here, accept
    those boys did not want to
    give that land to Mr. Polk.
    They made a bear flag and
    said they were
    independent-all by
    themselves. This was called
    the Bear Flag Revolt.
    A army captain in the
    mountains near by, heard of the
    Bear Flag Revolt and went to
    help the boys. They fought the
    mexicans and they surrendered .
    Mr.Polks army took over Buena
    Vista, Veracruz, and Mexico City.
    September 14,1847 Mexico lost
    all of its land.
    In February 1848,
    Mexico and the United
    States (thats us!) signed
    the Treaty of Guadalupe
    Hidalgo, which officially
    ended the war, forced
    Mexico to give up most of
    their land, and gave the
    Mexican people still living
    there freedom and liberty.
    Finally the U.S got the
    land that they wanted for
    15 million dollars.
    Even though America was
    happy to have the land, the
    Mexicans still living there
    were not. The big families
    wanted to move onto the land
    the Mexicans were living on
    and that made them angry.
    They constantly argued and
    fought. The Mexicans often
    went bankrupt trying to
    prove they owned their
    property. They ended up
    having to sell their land to
    the big families.
    But other than going
    bankrupt and the small
    arguments, the new and
    finished U.S respected the
    other cultures. For
    example, many cities show
    hispanic heritage, Mexican
    and American holidays are
    celebrated, Laws were
    printed in multiple
    languages, being different
    was and is cool, and
    everybody shared their
    stuff and ideas. And they
    all lived happily ever after
    due to manifest destiny.

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