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Joel Poinsett - College Term Paper

Joel Poinsett

In 1825 President John Quincy Adams appointed as the first
U.S. minister to Mexico. His first assignment was to persuade the Mexican
government to sell the U.S. the province of Texas, thus continuing the
rapid expansion of the American democracy. The United States continued to
pursue Texas with little success for the next 20 years. It was not until
December 1845 when the U.S. finally annexed Texas by a joint resolution
(and thus simple majority) . Immediately following the Texas acquisition,
and with U.S.-Mexico relations swiftly deteriorating, the U.S. wanted the
Mexican province of California, mainly for her harbours San Frasisco and
San Diego. The American policy towards Mexico which ...

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Polk's initial desire was
to simply purchase California, attempting to maintain peace. He soon
learned this would be impossible. When Polk ordered General Taylor to cross
the Nueces River and eventually to fortify on the Rio Grande, he fully
understood the possilble consequences of these actions. In fact, by
deploying Taylor and his troops, Polk putting a slow squeeze on the
Mexicans which would leave them with no other option than to strike back.
Polk waited for the initial attack to be made by the Mexicans and then
struck back. Polk claimed that American blood had been spilled on American
soil, thus garnering enough public and congressional support to declare war
on Mexico safe from domestic unrest. Norman Graebner states that, " Polk
was too astute a politician to favor any cause until public opinion had
crystallized "1 Although the war decleration contained no reference to the
territorial conquest, Polk's persaonal diary conveys his clandestine
intentions of acquiring the ...

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Added: 3/23/2008 04:38:38 PM
Category: Biographies
Type: Free Paper
Words: 540
Pages: 2

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