The U.S.-Mexico War, continuedOctober 25, 2011

Agenda for Today

Review: Why War? 1800-1846

How did the war play out? 1846-1848

What were the war’s lasting consequences? Post-1848

Group Presentation

Why War? 1800-1846

At least three sides of the story:

Mexicans

U.S.-Americans

Native Americans

The Mexican Side of the Story

Mexican Independence Economic Devastation

The Mexican Side of the Story

Mexican Independence Economic Devastation

Inherited and New Dilemmas How to Incorporate the Northern

Territories? How to Form A Nation?

The U.S. Side of the Story

Independence and Survival

The U.S. Side of the Story

Independence and Survival Slavery, Race, and Expansion

“Young Texas in Repose”: An Abolitionist View of Texas, c. 1845

The Native American Side of the Story

Southwest is Indian-dominated Territory

The Indian

Southwest, c. 1800

The Native American Side of the Story

Southwest is Indian-dominated territory Peace Agreements from the late-1700s

keep the Southwest relatively peaceful

The Native American Side of the Story

Southwest is Indian-dominated territory Peace Agreements from the late-1700s keep

the Southwest relatively peaceful Devastating Mexican-Indian War after

1830

Indian Raiding Routes

“When they have reduced the

settlements to the silence of deserts, this

they call peace.” Matamoros newspaper,

March 1, 1841

Indians and the U.S.-Mexico War, c. 1846

Governor of Chihuahua: “Chihuahua has to defend itself against the four divisions of Comanches, their Kiowa allies, the several tribes of Apaches, and now the Anglo-American...”

Governor of Durango: “And to think we owe all of this, to those infamous North American enemies who push the bloody hordes of savages upon us and direct their operations with unparalleled astuteness and ferocity.”

Why War?

At least three sides of the story:

Mexicans

Americans

Native Americans

The Outbreak of War

The Republic of Texas Requests Annexation to the United States, 1845

Polk bullies Mexico into war

Lecture Outline Review: Why war? 1800-1846

How did the war play out? 1846-1848

What were the war’s consequences? Post-1848

Three Arenas of War

Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon

The U.S. Occupation of New Mexico and California

The advance on Central Mexico

Three Arenas of War

Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon

Timeline of War

The Battle of Palo Alto, May 1846

Three Arenas of War

Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon The U.S. Occupation of New Mexico and

California

The Occupation of Santa Fe, August 1846

The Conquest of California, October 1846-January 1847

Three Arenas of War

Early battles In Texas and Nuevo Leon The U.S. Occupation of New Mexico and

California The advance on Central Mexico

The Veracruz Landing

The Battle of Chapultepec, 1847

Why did it turn out the way it did?

Legacy of Indian Raids Divided loyalties in the North Internal Divisions in Mexico Technological Advantages of American Troops

Lecture Outline Review: Why war? 1800-1846

How did the war play out? 1846-1848

What were the war’s consequences? Post-1848

The Legacy for the U.S.A.

The Legacy for Native Americans

The Legacy for Mexico and Mexican Americans

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