HIST 226 Lecture Notes - Lecture 13: Battle Of Resaca De La Palma, Robert F. Stockton, Anson Jones
8 Oct 2016
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Treaty divides oregon territory at the 49th parallel. Texas has option of subdividing into as many as 4 states. Approved by texan officials and ratified by voters. Only one delegate, richard bache voted against it. Said he left his ex-wife and didn"t want to be in the same country as her. Polk orders zachary taylor with 4,000 army troops to corpus christi. Zachary taylor is ordered to stay in disputed territory until the end of. Polk orders foreign diplomat john slidell to negotiate with mexico"s gov"t about: Orders slidell out and demands attack on u. s. U. s. declares war on mexico: may 13, 1846. Kearny seizes new mexico for u. s. and links up with california. All mexican claims to territory above rio grande is given up. U. s. citizenship to resident mexicans in newly purchased areas. Who will later become leading civil war generals. Approximately 1,700 killed, 4,000 wounded, 11,000 died from disease.
