“American blood on American soil”: Polk and the prelude to war 1 of 2 Mexican-American War: U.S. declaration of warProclamation by President James Polk printed in a leaflet declaring the United States to be at war with Mexico, printed in 1846. ...
Pastry War, (1838–39), brief and minor conflict between Mexico and France, arising from the claim of a French pastry cook living in Tacubaya, near Mexico City, that some Mexican army officers had damaged his restaurant. A number of foreign powers had pressed the Mexican government without su...