1. TEXAS REVOLUTION AND MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

2. MANIFEST DESTINY AMERICANS’ BELIEF THAT NO ONE SHOULD STOP THE GROWTH OF THE U.S. INTO THE WEST. THIS BELIEF THAT LED TO AGGRESSIVE SEEKING LAND FROM NATIVE AMERICANS AND FROM MEXICO. “PROGRESS WAS UNSTOPPABLE”

3. TEXAS WAR FOR INDEPENDENCE 1. AMERICAN SETTLERS IMMIGRATED INTO TEJAS (TEXAS WHEN IT WAS PART OF MEXICAN TERRITORY) TO FARM 2. THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT WANTED TO CONTROL AND THEN STOP IMMIGRATION OF AMERICAN SETTLERS INTO TEXAS 3. TEXANS (AMERICAN SETTLERS & TEJANOS) REVOLTED AGAINST THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT’S ATTEMPTS TO CONTROL TEXAS AND GAINED THEIR INDEPENDENCE 4. EVENTUALLY, THE UNITED STATES ANNEXED (“ADOPTED”) TEXAS, AND IT BECAME A U.S. STATE IN 1845

5. MEXICAN-AMERICAN WAR 1. THE U. S. FOUGHT A WAR WITH MEXICO BETWEEN 1846 AND 1848. 2. MEXICO FELT THAT TEXAS WAS STOLEN PROPERTY – UPSET OVER TEXAS BECOMING A STATE. 3. BEGAN WITH A BATTLE OVER WHERE THE BORDER BETWEEN TEXAS AND MEXICO WOULD BE. 4. U.S. INVADED MEXICO WHICH EVENTUALLY SURRENDERED (AND GAVE UP TERRITORY THAT WOULD BECOME CALIFORNIA, ARIZONA, NEVADA, AND NEW MEXICO).