No you are factually wrong that we took Cali and Tex by conquest. What we took by conquest was AZ and New Mex and paid mexico for those lands. Tex and Cali were sovereign nations that had declared independence before becoming US states. Yes Vali was done in a shorter time but it was not illegal. Also mexico had some .... how do I say it ... immigration problems
Wrong. Texas was legally part of Mexico, a sovereign nation only having recently gained its independence from Spain. While some Americans immigrated to Mexico (Texas) with good intentions, agreed to abide by Mexican law and did, many American trouble makers also went to Mexico (Texas), particularly with their slaves, in order to incite a rebellion and get Texians to break away from Mexico. War mongers. Filibusters. And it worked. Doesn't matter if some Texians "declared independence", their claims of having rights being "abused" were bogus. Pro-slavery powers got pissy because Mexico outlawed slavery, so they invented bullshit excuses to incite some locals and newly immigrated American "ex-pats" (in many cases, properly read "profiteers") to rebel against a lawful government. California was a similar case, with filibusters already anticipating Polk's illegal war with Mexico (itself an extension of the Texas "Revolution," similar to how the War of 1812 was more a less an extension of the American Revolution) and again inciting a small number of American "immigrants" to overthrow the Mexican government in California. Fremont knew the consequences, and wrote a letter of resignation from the US Army to avoid acquisitions of direct American instigation. But just like the New Orleans Grays at the Alamo and American "agents" in Cuba, the Philippines and Hawaii, it was quite obvious that Americans were there to ignite powder kegs, regardless of whether or not they were doing so under official government orders.
Polk's instigated war against Mexico was the failure of John Slidell to "purchase" California and what is now Arizona and New Mexico. And by purchase, I mean, claim that Mexico owed the US millions of dollars and that debt would be forgiven if Mexico turned over the land. Mexico of course refused. So Polk ordered Taylor to move US troops into the disputed Texas border territory (which even under the coerced treaty Texas signed with Santa Anna, was recognized as Mexican land) and boom, WE again instigated a war. Why? For territorial gain. Conquest. Why? Gold. Access to the Pacific. More land to expand slavery and for the slave powers to maintain/gain political control over the federal government (southern Democrats).
Yup, the US bullied Mexico and got Arizona, New Mexico and California as the result of a war of conquest. Only the southern portions were attained legally purchased, but by that point, what was Mexico going to do, try to defend itself again and lose another war? Btw, check out Mr. Gadsden, a shit of a fireating slaver.
Point is, the timeline of "Manifest Destiny" is quite long, and all of these events are connected, were planned and executed by powerful people behind the scenes, for their own benefit... casualties and destruction be damned.
No you are factually wrong that we took Cali and Tex by conquest. What we took by conquest was AZ and New Mex and paid mexico for those lands. Tex and Cali were sovereign nations that had declared independence before becoming US states. Yes Vali was done in a shorter time but it was not illegal. Also mexico had some .... how do I say it ... immigration problems
Wrong. Texas was legally part of Mexico, a sovereign nation only having recently gained its independence from Spain. While some Americans immigrated to Mexico (Texas) with good intentions, agreed to abide by Mexican law and did, many American trouble makers also went to Mexico (Texas), particularly with their slaves, in order to incite a rebellion and get Texians to break away from Mexico. War mongers. Filibusters. And it worked. Doesn't matter if some Texians "declared independence", their claims of having rights being "abused" were bogus. Pro-slavery powers got pissy because Mexico outlawed slavery, so they invented bullshit excuses to incite some locals and newly immigrated American "ex-pats" (in many cases, properly read "profiteers") to rebel against a lawful government. California was a similar case, with filibusters already anticipating Polk's illegal war with Mexico (itself an extension of the Texas "Revolution," similar to how the War of 1812 was more a less an extension of the American Revolution) and again inciting a small number of American "immigrants" to overthrow the Mexican government in California. Fremont knew the consequences, and wrote a letter of resignation from the US Army to avoid acquisitions of direct American instigation. But just like the New Orleans Grays at the Alamo and American "agents" in Cuba, the Philippines and Hawaii, it was quite obvious that Americans were there to ignite powder kegs, regardless of whether or not they were doing so under official government orders.
Polk's instigated war against Mexico was the failure of John Slidell to "purchase" California and what is now Arizona and New Mexico. And by purchase, I mean, claim that Mexico owed the US millions of dollars and that debt would be forgiven if Mexico turned over the land. Mexico of course refused. So Polk ordered Taylor to move US troops into the disputed Texas border territory (which even under the coerced treaty Texas signed with Santa Anna, was recognized as Mexican land) and boom, WE again instigated a war. Why? For territorial gain. Conquest. Why? Gold. Access to the Pacific. More land to expand slavery and for the slave powers to maintain/gain political control over the federal government (southern Democrats).
Yup, the US bullied Mexico and got Arizona, New Mexico and California as the result of a war of conquest. Only the southern portions were attained legally purchased, but by that point, what was Mexico going to do, try to defend itself again and lose another war? Btw, check out Mr. Gadsden, a shit of a fireating slaver.
Point is, the timeline of "Manifest Destiny" is quite long, and all of these events are connected, were planned and executed by powerful people behind the scenes, for their own benefit... casualties and destruction be damned.