My fierce canvas by ZACHARY SWENDER https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9 Made with a taste for adventure en-us 2017-12-11 15:32:14 UTC 2017-12-12 17:26:57 UTC hello@padlet.com 1846-1848 zacharyswender2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215064146 2017-12-11 15:36:21 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215064146 the Mexican-American War marked the first U.S. armed conflict fought on mexican soil. matthewheil2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215064662 2017-12-11 15:37:16 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215064662 the U.S. got a lot of victories. When the dust cleared Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory. Including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico. matthewheil2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215066388 2017-12-11 15:39:58 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215066388 We won the war zacharyswender2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215066571 2017-12-11 15:40:15 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215066571 Texas gained its independence from Mexico in 1836. matthewheil2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215068039 2017-12-11 15:42:35 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215068039 Texas got its independence from Mexico in 1836. matthewheil2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215068197 2017-12-11 15:42:49 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215068197 We gave the Mexicans $15,000,000 for the land North of the Rio Grande zacharyswender2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215068621 2017-12-11 15:43:29 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215068621 On April 25, 1846, Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers in a zone killing about a dozen. matthewheil2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215068794 2017-12-11 15:43:44 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215068794 Mexico attacked U.S. supply lines. But the war had already ended. matthewheil2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215070813 2017-12-11 15:46:55 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215070813 At that time, only about 75,000 Mexican citizens lived north of the Rio Grande. Because of this we captured that land with minimal resistance zacharyswender2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215071792 2017-12-11 15:48:42 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215071792 In September 1847, america successfully attacked Mexico City’s Chapultepec Castle. During that battle, a group of military school cadets were captured and committed suicide rather than surrender. matthewheil2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215074111 2017-12-11 15:52:32 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215074111 Polk told the U.S. Congress that the “cup of forbearance has been exhausted, even before Mexico passed the boundary of the United States, invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon American soil.” zacharyswender2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215076494 2017-12-11 15:56:18 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215076494 With the losses adding up the mexicans knew that they were losing. matthewheil2024 https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215076885 2017-12-11 15:56:51 UTC https://padlet.com/zacharyswender2024/yuo5e7031hp9/wish/215076885