The Pros And Cons Of Going To War With Mexico

War is bloody and cruel, but sometimes necessary. In 1821 Mexico gained independence from its previous ruler Spain. In this time many settlers from America were moving west. The Mexicans, a good idea at the time, invited the Americans to move into Texas. This caused many disagreements that lead to many battles and eventually a war. The American were justified into going to war with Mexico because Mexico attacked the Americans first, Mexico signed over Texas, and, lastly, the Americans though it was their Manifest Destiny to move farther west.

Information on The War with Mexico that is needed to know is, the confusion started in 1836 when texas gained its independence from Mexico. The fighting started when texas wanted to be apart of America. The United States didn’t want to annex Texas because they were afraid it would anger Mexico. In the late 1844 James K Polk was elected president and Texas finally got

annexed. Introduced key terms that are important are the alamo means a mission turned into a fort in the texas revolution, an envoy means a negotiator, manifest destiny means believing in God’s plan, and annexation means to become part of.
Americans were justified to go to war with Mexico, because Mexico Attacked the Americans first.

“they became engaged with a large body of Mexican troops”(Polk325). The Americans were just camping on their side of the river when the Mexicans attacked. ”in which some sixteen Americans were killed and wounded”(Polk325). The Mexicans fought and killed our men on our land. That is just unreasonable. Troops were led into battle by their General, Zachary Taylor, (velasco-marques327). They admitted that they planned this attack, that the Mexicans Attacked the Americans not the other way around. The “Mexican” government thought that the gathering army was a full thrown attack(velasco-marques327). The Mexicans thought that the Americans were gathering to attack, they thought so they attacked first. Americans were justified be cause the Mexican government thought that something bad was happening but instead of being reasonable they attacked and lost men on both sides. The next time the mexican government thinks that something bad was going to happen, talk don’t

attack.
America was also justified to go to war because Mexico signed over Texas. “ Do hereby resolve and declare, that our political connection with the Mexican nation has forever ended” (Texas Declaration of Independence279). The Texans declared their independence. The Mexicans gave up Texas, then they’re getting mad when Texas for wanting to be part of America. The Texans won their independence from Mexico in 1836”(Was the US justified317). It states that the Texans won their independence. The Rio del Norte is the boundary between Texas and Mexico(Polk325) The Americans were on their land when Mexicans attacked. The Americans were on the northern side of the bank. The Mexicans have shed blood on American soil for nothing they signed over Texas then said it was still part of Mexico(Polk325). This shows that the Mexicans crossed the line and killed people on both sides with that attack. This is why the Americans were justified into going to war with Mexico. The Americans were being reasonable into going to war with Mexico, the Mexicans were the murderers.
The last but equally important reason that America was justified into going to war with Mexico is that America believed it was their Manifest Destiny to expand America to the Pacific. “In the late 1844 James K Polk was elected President of the United States of America(Was the US Justified317). There was a new leader with new rules, isn’t that what happened with Mexico and Texas. The new ruler of Mexico changed to rules so Texas got angry. “Polk was a strong believer in manifest destiny”(Was the US Justified317). Mexico believed in different things but Americans and Texans were very similar in the way they acted through their religion. Mexico was willing to go to war with texas because the Texans weren’t following their religion. Americans are willing to go to war to follow their religion. Polk thought that it was his destiny to expand America to the Pacific(Was the US Justifed317). He thought it was his destiny to make America’s dream a reality. He was ready to go to war with Mexico to follow his religion. It even states that Mexico couldn’t handle their country it was so large(O’Sullivan323). Mexico couldn’t even handle all of its land. Manifest destiny was the American religion and they wanted to follow it, but it’s bad for the Americans and okay for the Mexicans to follow their. The next time you are saying the US wasn’t justified going to war, just think Mexico would have done the same thing. They already did with Texas.
Some people think that the Americans were justified. This does make sense because it states “From Mexico’s point of view, the Annexation of Texas to the United States was inadmissible for both legal and security reasons”(Velasco-Marquez327). This evidence does show that when Texas joined America, the Mexican Government was afraid of their country’s safety. However, The Americans were justified because even though the Mexican Government was afraid did not give them the right to do the things that they did out of fear. Therefore, the Americans were justified into going to war with Mexico.
The American were justified into going to war with Mexico because Mexico attacked the Americans first, Mexico signed over Texas, and, lastly, the Americans though it was their Manifest Destiny to move farther west. The Americans were justified because the Mexican went onto American land and attacked them. The Americans were also justified because Mexico, in the battles of Texas and Mexico, signed over Texas and then said they didn’t. The last reason the Americans were justified into going to war with Mexico was that it was America’s Manifest Destiny to move farther west, so they followed their religion just like Mexico would. This is why America was Justified into going to war with Mexico.