Aim: What was the Mexican War?

Notes:
Mexican War (1846-1848)
United States Versus Mexico over Texas

Territorial Expansion
Territory- land, or an area of land
Expansion-process of enlargement: the process of increasing, or increasing something, in size, extent, scope, or number


Texas
In 1835 residents of Texas started a war to gain their independence from Mexico. One of the war’s most famous battles occurred at The Alamo, a simple chapel that formed part of a Spanish mission. A group of 187 Texan rebels retreated to The Alamo on February 23, 1836. The Mexicans laid siege to the chapel for 12 days, until March 6, when The Alamo finally fell.



Battle of The Alamo

In February 1836, 187 Texans under the command of Colonel William Barrett Travis held off 4000 Mexican troops led by General Antonio López de Santa Anna at a former Spanish mission called The Alamo. The adobe structure served as a fortress for the Texans, who were fighting to gain their independence from Mexico. The Mexican artillery eventually succeeded in punching a hole in The Alamo’s thick walls on March 6. In the savage hand-to-hand fighting that followed, all the Texans, including Davy Crockett and James Bowie, were killed.
Mexican War

A war between the United States and Mexico, lasting from 1846 to 1848. The war resulted in a U.S. victory and forced Mexico to give up all claims to half its national territory. Mexico had already lost control of its northeastern territory as a result of the Texas Revolution (1835-1836). This land, combined with the territory Mexico ceded at the end of the war, would form the future U.S. states of Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Texas, and Utah, as well as portions of the states of Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming.

What did this war do to Mexico?

Lost Land

Lost Soldiers

Lost Money on the war

Was shown to be weaker than the United States

What did this do to Mexico?

Mexico’s territorial losses signified the end of any likelihood that Mexico, rather than the United States, would become the predominant power in North America. As the first conflict in which U.S. military forces fought almost exclusively outside of the country, the Mexican War also marked the beginning of the rise of the United States as a global military power.