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[[File:Mexican cession map.png|thumb|226x226px|The USA annexed the red territory with the Treaty of Guadalupe | [[File:Mexican cession map.png|thumb|226x226px|The USA annexed the red territory with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo at the end of the war. It bought additional land from Mexico in 1853.]] | ||
The '''Mexican–Statesian War''' was a [[United States of America|U.S.]] war of aggression against [[Mexican United States|Mexico]] that lasted from 1846 to 1848. | The '''Mexican–Statesian War''' was a [[United States of America|U.S.]] war of aggression against [[Mexican United States|Mexico]] that lasted from 1846 to 1848. It ended when the USA annexed 525,000 square miles of land in what is now [[Arizona]], [[Colorado]], [[Nevada]], [[Utah]], and parts of [[Colorado]], [[New Mexico]], and [[Wyoming]]. In 1853, the USA bought more territory in Arizona and New Mexico with the Gadsden Purchase.<ref name=":1232" /> | ||
== Background == | == Background == | ||
After the Mexican government banned [[slavery]] in 1829, US-backed [[Settler colonialism|settlers]] in [[State of Texas|Texas]] rebelled to form the Republic of Texas in 1836.'''<ref name=":822">{{Citation|author=[[Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz]]|year=2014|title=An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States|chapter=Sea to Shining Sea|page=123–132|pdf=https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/10601/An%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Ortiz.pdf|city=Boston|publisher=Beacon Press Books|series=ReVisioning American History|title-url=}}</ref>''' By the time the United States annexed it in 1845, there were tens of thousands of settlers there. | After the Mexican government banned [[slavery]] in 1829, US-backed [[Settler colonialism|settlers]] in [[State of Texas|Texas]] rebelled to form the Republic of Texas in 1836.'''<ref name=":822">{{Citation|author=[[Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz]]|year=2014|title=An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States|chapter=Sea to Shining Sea|page=123–132|pdf=https://www.lcps.org/cms/lib/VA01000195/Centricity/Domain/10601/An%20Indigenous%20Peoples%20History%20of%20the%20United%20States%20Ortiz.pdf|city=Boston|publisher=Beacon Press Books|series=ReVisioning American History|title-url=}}</ref>''' By the time the United States annexed it in 1845, there were tens of thousands of settlers there. | ||
In 1846, President [[James K. Polk]] ordered [[Zachary Taylor]] to deploy 4,000 troops to the Rio Grande and sent the Navy to [[State of California|California]] and told it to invade Yerba Buena (now San Francisco) in the event of war.<ref name=":1232">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|isbn=9780520972070|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05|page= | In 1846, President [[James K. Polk]] ordered [[Zachary Taylor]] to deploy 4,000 troops to the Rio Grande and sent the Navy to [[State of California|California]] and told it to invade Yerba Buena (now San Francisco) in the event of war.<ref name=":1232">{{Citation|author=David Vine|year=2020|title=The United States of War|isbn=9780520972070|city=Oakland|publisher=University of California Press|lg=http://library.lol/main/191568BFAC73F009132DB00ECD0F0F05|page=149–54|chapter=The Permanent Indian Frontier}}</ref> | ||
== Invasion == | == Invasion == | ||
After Polk falsely claimed that Mexican troops had attacked U.S. troops on U.S. territory, troops marched from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe and occupied | After Polk falsely claimed that Mexican troops had attacked U.S. troops on U.S. territory, troops marched from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe and occupied New Mexico, where the [[ruling class]] sided with the USA. Stephens Watts Kearny, promoted from colonel to general, marched to the Pacific and occupied San Diego and Los Angeles. The USA then captured Veracruz, Puebla, and Mexico City, occupying the capital from September 1847 to June 1848.<ref name=":1232" /> | ||
=== Indigenous resistance === | |||
After the annexation, U.S. cavalry troops attacked the Apaches led by [[Mangas Coloradas]], destroying crops and villages and murdering civilians.'''<ref name=":822" />''' | |||
== Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo == | |||
In 1848, the USA signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and agreed to leave southern Mexico in exchange for the USA annexing the [[Aztlán|northern part of Mexico]], which was almost half of Mexico's prewar territory. The USA paid $15 million to Mexico in addition to $3.25 million of debt. Polk also planned to invade the Yucatán and buy [[Republic of Cuba|Cuba]] from [[Kingdom of Spain (1813–1873)|Spain]], and some Democrats wanted to annex all of Mexico.<ref name=":1232" /> | |||
== Opposition == | == Opposition == | ||
Former president [[John Quincy Adams]] and future president [[Abraham Lincoln]] both opposed the war in Congress. [[Henry David Thoreau]] was imprisoned for refusing to pay poll taxes that would fund the war and wrote the essay "Civil Disobedience."<ref name=":1232" /> | Former president [[John Quincy Adams]] and future president [[Abraham Lincoln]] both opposed the war in Congress. [[Henry David Thoreau]] was imprisoned for refusing to pay poll taxes that would fund the war and wrote the essay "Civil Disobedience." | ||
Because of the anti-[[Catholicism]] of the Army, several hundred [[Republic of Ireland|Irish]] soldiers switched sides and joined the San Patricio Battalion to defend Mexico.<ref name=":1232" /> | |||
== References == | == References == | ||
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The Mexican–Statesian War was a U.S. war of aggression against Mexico that lasted from 1846 to 1848. It ended when the USA annexed 525,000 square miles of land in what is now Arizona, Colorado, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. In 1853, the USA bought more territory in Arizona and New Mexico with the Gadsden Purchase.[1]
Background[edit | edit source]
After the Mexican government banned slavery in 1829, US-backed settlers in Texas rebelled to form the Republic of Texas in 1836.[2] By the time the United States annexed it in 1845, there were tens of thousands of settlers there.
In 1846, President James K. Polk ordered Zachary Taylor to deploy 4,000 troops to the Rio Grande and sent the Navy to California and told it to invade Yerba Buena (now San Francisco) in the event of war.[1]
Invasion[edit | edit source]
After Polk falsely claimed that Mexican troops had attacked U.S. troops on U.S. territory, troops marched from Fort Leavenworth to Santa Fe and occupied New Mexico, where the ruling class sided with the USA. Stephens Watts Kearny, promoted from colonel to general, marched to the Pacific and occupied San Diego and Los Angeles. The USA then captured Veracruz, Puebla, and Mexico City, occupying the capital from September 1847 to June 1848.[1]
Indigenous resistance[edit | edit source]
After the annexation, U.S. cavalry troops attacked the Apaches led by Mangas Coloradas, destroying crops and villages and murdering civilians.[2]
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo[edit | edit source]
In 1848, the USA signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and agreed to leave southern Mexico in exchange for the USA annexing the northern part of Mexico, which was almost half of Mexico's prewar territory. The USA paid $15 million to Mexico in addition to $3.25 million of debt. Polk also planned to invade the Yucatán and buy Cuba from Spain, and some Democrats wanted to annex all of Mexico.[1]
Opposition[edit | edit source]
Former president John Quincy Adams and future president Abraham Lincoln both opposed the war in Congress. Henry David Thoreau was imprisoned for refusing to pay poll taxes that would fund the war and wrote the essay "Civil Disobedience."
Because of the anti-Catholicism of the Army, several hundred Irish soldiers switched sides and joined the San Patricio Battalion to defend Mexico.[1]
References[edit | edit source]
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 David Vine (2020). The United States of War: 'The Permanent Indian Frontier' (pp. 149–54). Oakland: University of California Press. ISBN 9780520972070 [LG]
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 Roxanne Dunbar-Ortiz (2014). An Indigenous Peoples' History of the United States: 'Sea to Shining Sea' (pp. 123–132). ReVisioning American History. [PDF] Boston: Beacon Press Books.