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Name Professor Subject Date Mexican American War What started the Mexican American war in 1846 was the obsession of the Americans, rather the one professorship Polk to expand American up to north through a vision of show Destiny. Sure, this manifest destiny was the vision of Americans but it was declination and loss for Mexicans. In the plan that we now remember as pellucid Destiny President Polk asked the Mexican chief to sell New Mexico and calcium for $ 30 million to the US. But this was blatantly refused and the boarders that were previously drawn amidst the then two separate nations came out to be the point of conflict. The US claimed that the official boarder for the US was Rio Grande River, while on the contrary the Mexicans claimed that the boarder was Nueces River. In the instance, President Polk sent army to protect their claimed boarder, and when they reached there, they had a weeny battle with the Mexicans and slightly of the US army men lost their lives. This was the fortune that the president was waiting for and he got approval for the war on Mexico as he vehemently declared that the Mexicans have shed American line of work upon American soil (cited in Anthony). This was the beginning of what started a two social class war on Mexico, that to many was not justified, not ethical, and is perceived as a mere confiscation of someone elses land. But to some it is still regarded as the fulfillment of the dream, of the Manifest Destiny, of the vision to expand the America. I wonder why statue of liberty still survives OSullivan writes that the American people having derived their dividing line from many other nations, and the Declaration of National Independence being solo based on the great principle of human equality, these f... ...nwar.htm, Accessed 11/05/03 OSullivan, arse L. (1839) Manifest Destiny, Available at http//www.mtholyoke.edu/acad/intrel/osulliva.htm, Accessed 11/05/03 Heys, John (1995) Enough belt to Go Around Causes of the Mexican-American War, Available at http//www.azteca.net/aztec/war/Mexican-American-War.html, Accessed 11/05/03 Combs, Jerald A. (1986) The recital of American Foreign Policy. New York Knopf Publishing. Lavender, David. (1968) The Mexican War Climax of Manifest Destiny. Palo Alto American West. The Story of America. Ed. Elizabeth L. Newhouse. Washington, District of capital of South Carolina The National geographical Society, 1984. Messages and Papers of the Presidents. Ed. J.D. Richardson. Library material. The Diary of James K. Polk. Ed. M.M. Quaife. Library material The Columbia History of the World. Ed. John A. Garraty and Peter Gay. New York Harper and Row, 1981.