Nevertheless, the Mexican-American War had far-reaching consequences for both the United States, Mexico, and the Indigenous peoples whose land both nations claimed. First among these was the cession (the formal giving up of rights, property, or territory by a state) of about one third of Mexi...
“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. ...
government’s prosecution of the war with Mexico was immoral. Although he spent only a single night in jail (his aunt, against his wishes, paid the taxes, thus securing his release), Thoreau documented his opposition to the government’s actions in his famous book-length essay Civil ...