The Mexican American War By Abraham Lincoln - 2489 Words

The Mexican American War Introduction 39,000 people died during the Mexican American war—a conflict that Abraham Lincoln deemed unconstitutional. The Mexican American war was fought between the Mexican Centralist Republic and the United States of America’s army, when the U.S. invaded Mexican Centralist Republic with the purpose of getting California and situated areas that make half of the Mexican territory. Ultimately the U.S. succeeded in a war that lasted for one and a half year. The war consists of different short wars fought between the armies of these two countries in light of getting and defending the land. The Mexican American war was won by the U.S. and was won in a relatively shorter time period. The war, as the wars do to†¦show more content†¦To the Mexican Centralist Republic, the territories’ of the Republic of Texas are the Nueces River while it is up to Rio Grande as per treaties that they call â€Å"Treaties of Velasco†. President Polk initiated the aggression to grab the land from the Mexicans in light of failure annexation of the land with the United States in the senate. Around 3500 American were on the border of Texas and 1600 troops to fight for Rio Grande in light of the order of President Polk. The war was fought hard by the Mexican soldiers as well as the United States soldiers. It was a war for country’s honor and both countries were equally ready to fight for this honor and to die for it. The Mexicans had two choices, either finding a peaceful means to end the war or to fight the war. Those, who asked for a peaceful settlement with the U.S. were declared as traitors in Mexico. Around 200 men of the Mexican Artillery attacked 70 the U.S. patrol soldiers as they were patrolling within the boundaries that are the part of the Mexican Centralist Republic according to the Mexicans but a part of Republic of Texas for the Americans. President Polk took it as an attack, it as an attack over the United States soil and declared war against the Mexicans. The fight was hard as Mexican went hard to secure the fort. The bombardment was around 160 hours that made them weak many times. The Mexican tried to respond with the force of 2400 men but they failed. The short war