*known in the ‘united states’ as the mexican war*
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*known in ‘mexico’ as the intervención estadounidense en méxico*
(‘united states intervention’ in ‘mexico’)
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(‘armed conflict’ between the ‘united states’ + ‘mexico’ from ‘1846’ to ‘1848’)
(it followed in the wake of the ‘1845 american annexation of ‘texas’’ (not ‘formally recognized’ by the ‘mexican government’), disputing the ‘treaties of velasco’ signed by mexican caudillo president + general ‘antonio lópez de ‘santa anna’’ after the ‘texas revolution’ a decade earlier)
(in 1845, newly elected american president ‘james k polk’ (who saw the ‘annexation’ of ‘texas’ as the first step towards a further expansion of the ‘united states’) sent troops to the ‘disputed area’ + a ‘diplomatic mission’ to ‘mexico’)
(after ‘mexican forces’ attacked ‘american forces’, ‘polk’ cited this in his request that ‘congress’ declare war)
(‘american forces’ quickly occupied the ‘regional capital’ of ‘santa fe de nuevo méxico’ along the ‘upper rio grande’ + the ‘pacific coast province’ of ‘alta california’, and then moved south)
(meanwhile, the ‘pacific squadron’ of the ‘american navy’ blockaded the ‘pacific coast’ farther south in ‘lower baja california territory’)
(the ’united states army’ under ‘major general winfield scott’ eventually captured ‘mexico city’ through stiff resistance, having marched west from the port of ‘veracruz’ on the ‘gulf coast’, where the ‘united states forces’ staged its first ever major ‘amphibious landing’)
(the ‘1848 treaty of ‘guadalupe hidalgo’’ (forced onto the remnant ‘mexican government’) ended the war + enforced the ‘mexican cession’ of the northern territories of ‘alta california’ + ‘santa fe de nuevo méxico’ to the ‘united states’)
(the ‘united states government’ agreed to pay $15 million compensation for the physical damage of the war and assumed $3.25 million of debt already owed earlier by the ‘mexican government’ to ‘american citizens’)
(‘mexico’ acknowledged the loss of what became the state of texas’ + accepted the ‘rio grande’ as its ‘northern border’ with the ‘united states’)
(the ‘victory’ + ‘territorial expansion’ polk envisioned inspired ‘great patriotism’ in the ‘united states’, but the ‘war’ + ‘treaty’ drew some criticism in the ‘united states’ for their ‘casualties’, ‘monetary cost’, and ‘heavy-handedness’ (particularly early on))
*good to know that there was somewhat of a ‘collective conscience’ among the american citizens then*
(the question of how to treat the new acquisitions also intensified the debate over ‘slavery’)
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(mexico’s ‘worsened domestic turmoil’ + ‘losses of [‘life’ / ‘territory’ / ‘national prestige’] left it in what prominent mexicans called a *state of ‘degradation’ + ‘ruin’*)
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