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	The History Guy: The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)
		The Mexican-American War was the first major conflict driven by the idea of "Manifest Destiny"; the belief that America had a God-given right, or destiny, to expand the country's borders from 'sea to shining sea'.
		The second basic cause of the war was the Texas War of Independence and the subsequent annexation of that area to the United States.
		The Mexican-American War was largely a conventional conflict fought by traditional armies consisting of infantry, cavalry and artillery using established European-style tactics.
	www.historyguy.com /Mexican-American_War.html (2331 words)

	Mexican-American War article - Mexican-American War Military history the United States Treaty Guadalupe Hidalgo - ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The Mexican-American War was a war fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848.
		In the US it is also known as the Mexican War; in Mexico it is also known as the North American Invasion of Mexico, the United States War Against Mexico, and the War of Northern Aggression (this last name is more commonly used in the Southern United States to refer to the American Civil War).
		Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna personally marched north to fight Taylor but was defeated at the battle of Buena Vista on February 22, 1847.
	www.what-means.com /encyclopedia/Mexican-American_War (843 words)

	Mexican War - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Mexican War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		The war was ostensibly over disputed boundaries between the two nations, but it was also an excuse for the USA to pursue its ‘manifest destiny’ to expand westwards.
		California was admitted to the union in 1850 under a constitution banning slavery, but under the Compromise of 1850 the other territories were organized without any regulation in respect of slavery, leaving it up to their settlers to vote on whether or not there should be ownership of slaves.
		Witness the present Mexican war, the work of comparatively a few individuals using the standing government as their tool; for in the outset, the people would not have consented to this measure.
	encyclopedia.farlex.com /Mexican+War (695 words)

	MSN Encarta - Mexican War
		Mexican War, conflict between the United States and Mexico, lasting from 1846 to 1848.
		Many Mexicans, meanwhile, deeply resented their loss to the “Colossus of the North,” viewing the conflict as an unnecessary war that had been thrust upon Mexico by a land-hungry United States.
		The two major issues behind the war were the inability of the Mexican government to establish political and economic control over its vast northern frontier, including the Mexican state of Tejas y Coahuila, and the westward movement and dynamic expansionism of the United States during the 19th century.
	encarta.msn.com /encyclopedia_761559370/Mexican_War.html (970 words)

	The Mexican War
		Mexican leaders clearly expected to win these battles as well as to recover Texas and win the war.
		The principal theater of war would be Texas, hundreds of miles from the populous areas of the United States.
		Mexican authority in California was divided between two rivals, Pio Pico in Los Angeles and Jose Castro in Monterey.
	www.lnstar.com /mall/texasinfo/mexicow.htm (4040 words)

	Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - 1848
		Mexican War and the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - 1848
		When the Mexican commissioners made advances for peace at the beginning of the year 1848, they were given terms almost as liberal as those offered them before Scott had stormed and occupied their capital.
		The Mexican War has generally been condemned by American historians as "the foulest blot on our national honor," a war forced upon Mexico by slaveholders greedy for new territory, a perfect illustration of La Fontaine's fable of the wolf picking a quarrel with the lamb solely for an excuse to devour him.
	www.sfmuseum.org /hist6/muzzey.html (1910 words)

	Mexican War
		When the war began President Polk had three strategic objectives: defend the boundary of Texas claimed by the United States, which was the Rio Grande River; seize New Mexico and California; and achieve sufficient military success in Mexico to force it to make peace on terms favoring the United States.
		The Mexican War saw the first major use of steamboats in war [though the Army made limited use of steamboats in the Second Seminole War in Florida from 1835 to 1842].
		With the conclusion of the Mexican War, the United States gained a vast new territory of 1.36 million square kilometers encompassing the present-day states of Arizona, Nevada, California, Utah and parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.
	www.globalsecurity.org /military/ops/mexican_war.htm (3178 words)

	The Mexican American War
		It is commonly assumed that the Mexicans actually fired the first shot of the war by ambushing an American patrol in the Rio Grande area, although it is unknown as to whether this occurred on the Mexican or American side of the border.
		The origin of this border dispute that lead to the commencement of the war was undoubtedly instigated by Polk with the annexation of Texas, resolved by congress in 1844.
		Santa Anna, after returning from exile in Havana during the war to lead Mexico, both as president and as commander in chief of the armed forces, was unable to call for peace upon his return, as he had promised the Americans, precisely because of this fear of being branded a traitor.
	www.geocities.com /cvallence007/RI335-Assignment.html (1139 words)

	Mexican War
		War between Mexico and the United States over the independence of Texas and other territorial claims.
		The war lasted officially from 1846 to 1848 but had its unofficial beginnings mainly over the governing of Texas as early as the 1830s.
		The Mexicans fought tough, but Americans prevailed in the end, including a stubborn charge up and over the walls of two large castles in and around Mexico City.
	www.socialstudiesforkids.com /wwww/us/mexicanwardef.htm (158 words)

	NAMED CAMPAIGNS - MEXICAN WAR
		The city was defended by a force of from 7,300 to 9,000 Mexican troops under the command of Gen. Pedro de Ampudia.
		Taylor was severely criticized in Washington for agreeing to the Mexican terms, and the Administration promptly repudiated the armistice, which had almost expired by the time the news reached Monterey.
		Defending Mexico City were from 18,000 to 20,000 troops, and the Mexicans were confident of victory, since it was known that Scott had barely 8,000 men and was far from his base of supply.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/reference/mwcmp.htm (1984 words)

	Mexican-American War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Mexican casualties remain somewhat of a mystery, and are estimated at 25,000.
		In the United States, victory in the war brought a surge in patriotism as the acquisition of new western lands – the country had also acquired the southern half of the Oregon Country in 1846 – seemed to fulfill citizens' belief in their country's Manifest Destiny.
		While Ralph Waldo Emerson rejected war "as a means of achieving America's destiny," he accepted that "most of the great results of history are brought about by discreditable means." The war made a national hero of Zachary Taylor, a Southern Whig, who was elected president in the election of 1848.
	www.worldhistory.com /wiki/M/Mexican-American-War.htm (1223 words)

	The Mexican War and U.S. expansion to the Pacific
		Santa Anna wrote to Mexico's war ministry describing his harassment against a successful withdrawal as a "glorious victory." The war ministry accepted it, as did some others who were happy to see the French punished, and Santa Anna was rehabilitated as a national hero.
		The Mexicans fought well in what became known as the battles of Palo Alto and Resaca del la Palma, two battles in two days, about five miles apart, after which the Mexicans withdrew to their side of the Rio Grande, with many killed as they crossed the river.
		They spoke of the war contributing to patronage and corruption, and they spoke of the immorality of army life, the horrors and atrocities of battle and the waste of spending wealth on war that could be better spent for peaceful purposes.
	www.fsmitha.com /h3/h41-mex.html (7464 words)

	Mexican-American War
		The Mexican-American War was born from the nation's quest for new territory and it's ambition to stretch coast to coast.
		One of the strategies of the war was that the invasion of Mexico City would force the Mexican government to capitulate to the Americans' territorial claims.
		The Mexican War combined with the overland trail migrations and the gold rush of 1849 bought about the fulfillment of "Manifest Destiny".
	www.nps.gov /fosc/mexican.htm (1066 words)

	Mexican War on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Former Mexican U.N. ambassador dies in car wreck in Mexico
		A local Mexican television station announces late on February 18, 2004, the detention of Miguel Nazar Haro, former head of the secret police with an old file-photo of him, when he was allegedly one of
		Mexican Attorney General Rafael Macedo is seen in this May, 2004 file photo.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/M/MexicanW1.asp (555 words)

	Mexican War
		He said he had fought the Mexicans in Texas and that they are a brave people and all the difference between them and us is that they can not shoot as well (never taking aim) and are not animated in patriotism...
		Scott let all of the Mexican prisoners go; he had no means of feeding them and he hoped that word of leniency would incline the Mexicans to be less tenacious in future encounters.
		Mexican losses during the war are unknown, but estimates of the killed or wounded exceed those of the United States' forces.
	www.hsgng.org /pages/mexwar.htm (5935 words)

	Causes of the Civil War: The Mexican War and the Wilmot Proviso
		Causes of the Civil War: The Mexican War and the Wilmot Proviso
		The Mexicans, however, believed the border to be to the north of the Rio Grande, and that Taylor had crossed into Mexican territory, thus carrying out an act of aggression.
		Northerners were basically against fighting the War for the cause of slavery expansion (simply because it was not a cause that directly involved them), and thus they were against any results of the War that would indicate such a cause.
	www.suite101.com /article.cfm/american_civil_war_retired/4211 (694 words)

	The Mexican American War
		When the Mexicans refused to meet with a US envoy sent to negotiate a settlement of outstanding issues, President Polk ordered American forces to maneuver close to the Mexican border in disputed territory.
		The Mexicans attacked and the war was on.
		The Age of Jackson, the Westward Expansion, the Mexican American War and discovery of gold in California are all covered.
	www.multied.com /mexican (89 words)

	Mexican War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		General Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexicans at Palo Alto on 8th May, 1846 while General Winfield Scott organised a campaign that involved a seaborne invasion of Mexico that captured Vera Cruz and a march inland to Mexico City, which was captured on 14th September, 1846.
		The Mexican government will be informed of his recall, and that in the existing state of things I shall not deem it proper to make any further overtures of peace, but shall be at all times ready to receive and consider any proposals which may be made by Mexico.
		The Mexican War is a continuance, a prolongation, of the same efforts; and the success which crowned the first emboldens the partisans of the latter, who now, as before, profess to extend the area of freedom, while they are establishing a new sphere for slavery.
	www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk /USAmexicanW.htm (1094 words)

	Mexican American War - Liberty - Themepark
		The war between the United States and Mexico in 1846 to 1848 was basically a struggle for land.
		When the war ended and the Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidalgo had been signed, the United States had gotten its wishes and was substantially larger geographically.
		The result of the war was that for the first time, the United States encompassed the entire continent from sea to sea.
	www.uen.org /themepark/liberty/mexicanamericanwar.shtml (685 words)

	Mexican War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Just as we forget the Korean War in the wake of World War II and Vietnam, so too is the Mexican-American War forgotten in the wake of other fighting throughout the 1800s.
		A renegade Mexican general ambushed the unit, and there were fourteen American causalities: eleven dead, three wounded (Cary 3, “United States of America” 226, “Mexican War 79”).
		The cause of this war was one of the greatest migrations in all American history: the move west.
	www.geocities.com /Vienna/1711/Mexican.htm (1598 words)

	Chapter 8: The Mexican War and After
		The Mexicans were using old-fashioned bronze 4-pounders and 8-pounders that fired solid shot and had such short range that their fire did little damage.
		Stopped by a Mexican battery, Ridgely sent back for help and Taylor ordered in a detachment of dragoons under Capt. Charles A. May. The dragoons overran the Mexican guns but on their return were caught in infantry crossfire from the thickets and could not prevent the enemy from recapturing the guns.
		Scott and Secretary of War George W. Crawford, Congress in June 1850 approved enlarging the companies serving on the frontier to 74 privates, a considerable increase over the 50 in the dragoons, 64 in the mounted rifles, and 42 in the artillery and infantry authorized at the end of 1848.
	www.army.mil /cmh-pg/books/amh/AMH-08.htm (7902 words)

	Illinois Mexican War Veterans Database
		This database indexes the names of Illinois Mexican War veterans appearing in the ninth volume of the publication, Report of the Adjutant General of the State of Illinois (1902).
		In 1881 U. War Department clerks transcribed the Illinois rosters from their records and sent copies to the Adjutant General for publication.
		As a matter of verification, the researcher is advised to request that the National Archives examine its indexes to Illinois veterans of this war.
	www.cyberdriveillinois.com /departments/archives/mexwar.html (349 words)

	Mexican American War (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Congress and the nation, however, were far from united on the idea of waging war.
		Southerners favored war as likely to extend slave territory, while notherners opposed the war for the same reason.
		The total cost of the war was estimated at $97,500,000.
	www.usahistory.com /wars/mexico.htm (565 words)

	Current Online \| "The U.S.-Mexican War"
		The Mexican broadcasters told her they wouldn't dream of airing it on the dates PBS chose, since they coincide with the 150th anniversary of the American invasion.
		The war was initiated when the U.S., already having border disputes with Mexico, sent 4,000 troups to the Rio Grande (or Rio Bravo as it is known in Mexico).
		For Mexico, the war was a traumatic event that resulted in the loss of many lives, half its territory and a great deal of pride and hope for the future.
	www.current.org /hi/hi815m.html (2418 words)

	Today in History: February 23 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		On February 2, 1848, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in Mexico City, ending the war.
		Taylor's victories at the Battle of Buena Vista, and the earlier Battle of Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma, won him national fame which contributed greatly to his election as president in 1848.
		Scott too went on to run for president but was defeated in 1852 by another veteran of the Mexican American War, Franklin Pierce.
	lcweb2.loc.gov /ammem/today/feb23.html (631 words)

	The Political Graveyard: Politicians Killed in the Mexican War
		U.S. Representative from Ohio 5th District, 1833-39; served in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
		Governor of Arkansas, 1840-44; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
		Governor of South Carolina, 1836-38; colonel in the U.S. Army during the Mexican War.
	politicalgraveyard.com /death/mexican-war.html (465 words)

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