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Joel Poinsett
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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 li ....
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....ade 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 muc.... |
| Number of words: 540 |
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