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What Caused the Mexican-American War of 1846-48? (2019x33)

Air date: Oct 01, 2019

Here's the link to the first video: https://youtu.be/lDWH-DC74Pk Unlike typical depictions, the Mexican-American War was not simply American aggression. It, as every war is, was far more complicated than that, and there are no precise answers. ------------------------------------------------------------ Connected videos: 0:10 - What Caused the Texas Revolution? https://youtu.be/lDWH-DC74Pk 3:05 - New Mexico vs. Texas: https://youtu.be/CTA10aruS6Y 5:12 - James K. Polk: https://youtu.be/o6RfIktSnq8 6:10 - Mexican California: https://youtu.be/gKRzroZ30vo 7:05 - The History of California: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLjnwpaclU4wUD7y8912ViyAtGfraKi9ru ------------------------------------------------------------ see pinned comment and replies for references, notes, and errata ------------------------------------------------------------ SUBSCRIBE FOR MORE VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=CynicalCypher88 Support the channel through PATREON: https://www.patreon.com/CynicalHistorian LET'S CONNECT: Subreddit: https://www.reddit.com/r/CynicalHistory/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cynicalcypher88 Discord: https://discord.gg/Ukthk4U Twitter: https://twitter.com/Cynical_History ------------------------------------------------------------ Wiki: The Mexican–American War,[a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War and in Mexico as the Intervención estadounidense en México (United States intervention in Mexico),[b] was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which was not formally recognized by the Mexican government, who disputed the Treaties of Velasco signed by Mexican caudillo President/General Antonio López de Santa Anna after the Texas Revolution a decade earlier. In 1845, newly elected U.S. President James K. Polk, who saw the annexation of Texas as the first step towards a further expansion