Download The Mexican-American War

The MexicanAmerican War
vs.
CAUSES
1. Annexation of Texas to the United
States
2. Boundary between Texas and
Mexico - Nueces river or Rio Grande?
3. Dispute between the United States
and Mexico over damages done to
property of Americans in Mexico.
DECLARATION OF WAR
MEXICO
UNITED STATES
May 13, 1846
April 23, 1846
“American blood had been shed on
American soil.”
TEXAS LEADERS
Edward Burleson
Albert Sidney Johnston
Mirabeau B. Lamar
J. Pinckney Henderson
RESULTS
American
Victory
American forces
were better
equipped and
better led.
TREATY OF
GUADALUPEHIDALGO
TREATY OF GUADALUPEHIDALGO
1. Mexico abandoned ALL claims to Texas
2. Boundary between Mexico and Texas
was set at the Rio Grande
3. Mexico surrendered ALL territory
between Texas and the Pacific Ocean
(Mexican Cession)
4. U.S. paid Mexico $15 million for the
territory
5. U.S. paid the claims of Americans
against Mexico.