THE MEXICAN WAR, 1846-47. The Origins of the War Manifest Destiny John O’Sullivan.

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THE MEXICAN WAR, THE MEXICAN WAR, 1846-471846-47

The Origins of the War

Manifest Destiny

John O’Sullivan

MANIFEST DESTINY

John O’Sullivan (1845)

“Our manifest destiny [is] to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and … self government entrusted to us.”

The Origins of the War

Manifest Destiny Texas Becomes Independent

Stephen Austin Antonio de Santa Ana

Sam Houston Battle of San Jacinto River

Texas Independence

Antonio de Santa Ana

Texas Independence

The Origins of the War

Manifest Destiny Texas Becomes Independent John Tyler & the Texas Annexation Crisis

ZACHARY TAYLOR

MEXICO/TEXAS

JOHN TYLER

The Origins of the War

Manifest Destiny Texas Becomes Independent John Tyler & the Texas Annexation Crisis Polk Provokes the Mexicans

Rio Grande River Nueces River

JAMES K. POLK

MEXICAN WAR

War with Mexico

Fighting Along the Rio Grande

Fort Texas Gen. Mariano Arista

Battle of Palo Alto

Battle of Resaca De La Palma

War with Mexico

Fighting Along the Rio Grande Zachary Taylor Attacks Monterrey

Black Fort William Worth

BATTLE OF MONTERREY

WORTH ATTACKS

WILLIAM WORTH

STREET FIGHTING

BATTLE OF MONTERREY

ATTACKING INDEPENDENCE HILL

War with Mexico

Fighting Along the Rio Grande Zachary Taylor Attacks Monterrey The Taking of New Mexico & California

Stephen Kearny John C. Fremont

Robert Stockton

STEPHEN KEARNY

California/New Mexico

JOHN C. FREMONT

California/New Mexico

War with Mexico

Fighting Along the Rio Grande Zachary Taylor Attacks Monterrey The Taking of New Mexico & California Santa Ana Counter-Attacks

Battle of Buena Vista

MEXICAN WAR

Battle of Buena Vista

Winfield Scott’s Campaign

Scott Lands at Vera Cruz

WINFIELD SCOTT

SCOTT LANDS AT VERACRUZ

Winfield Scott’s Campaign

Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo

BATTLE of CERRO GORDO

SCOTT AWAITS REINFORCEMENTS

Winfield Scott’s Campaign

Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City

Robert E. Lee P.G.T. Beauregard

BATTLE for MEXICO CITY

Winfield Scott’s Campaign

Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City

1. Battle of Contreras

Gen. Valencia

Battles of Contreras/Churubusco

Winfield Scott’s Campaign

Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City

1. Battle of Contreras

2. Battle of Churabusco

San Patricio Battalion

Battles of Contreras/Churubusco

Winfield Scott’s Campaign

Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City

1. Battle of Contreras

2. Battle of Churabusco

3. Battle of Molino del Rey

Chapultepec

BATTLE for MEXICO CITY

Winfield Scott’s Campaign

Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City

1. Battle of Contreras

2. Battle of Churabusco

3. Battle of Molino del Rey

4. Storming Chapultepec

Joseph E. Johnston

STORMING CHAPULTEPEC

BATTLE for MEXICO CITY

Winfield Scott’s Campaign

Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City War Resistance & Peace Negotiations

Henry David Thoreau Daniel Webster

Nicholas Trist Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo