Mexican American War, also known as the Mexican War and Intervencion estadounidense en Mexico was a war fought between Mexico and the United States from 1846 until 1848. The war was sparked by the annexation of Texas by the United States in 1845....
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9 RegisterLog in Sign up with one click: Facebook Twitter Google Share on Facebook Mexican American (redirected fromMexican Americans) Wikipedia n. A US citizen or resident of Mexican ancestry. Mex′i·can-A·mer′i·canadj. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth Editi...
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aftertheFrenchandIndianWars(1754-1763),theNorthwestTerritoryandCanada.TheoriginalThirteenColoniesdeclaredtheirindependencefromGreatBritainin1776andformedagovernmentundertheArticlesofConfederationin1781,adopting(1787)anewconstitutionthatwentintoeffectafter1789.Thenationsoonbegantoexpandwestward.Growingtensionsovertheissueof...
Chapter15:AmericanHistory(I)(1600-1900)I.DiscoveryoftheNewWorld The“firstAmericans”weretheIndians.ChristopherColumbus,supportedbytheSpanishqueen,ledhismentosailacrossthevastoceanin1492andreachedsomesmallislandsinthenowWestIndies.AmerigoVespucci,provedthatthelandwasnotIndia,butanewcontinent.Therefore,thelandwasnamed...
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Stephen Kearny, Conquest of New Mexico In the meantime, citizens ofCalifornia, which was still part of the Mexican Republic, also began to rebel. Unhappy with the way the Mexicans treated them, they established a republic of their own and asked the U.S. Government for help. Under the comma...
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