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28 de mar. de 2024 · Mexican-American War, war between the U.S. and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. It was caused by a territorial dispute stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from contention over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River or the Rio Grande.
- Invasion and War
When war broke out, former Mexican president and general...
- Battle of Chapultepec
A summary of the Battle of Chapultepec from September 12 to...
- Wilmot Proviso
Wilmot Proviso, in U.S. history, important congressional...
- Manifest Destiny
The term Manifest Destiny was coined in the July–August 1845...
- Battle of Cerro Gordo
Battle of Cerro Gordo, (April 1847), confrontation at a...
- Battle of Buena Vista
Battle of Buena Vista, (Feb. 22–23, 1847), battle fought...
- Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, (Feb. 2, 1848), treaty between...
- Missouri Compromise
Missouri Compromise, measure worked out in 1820 between the...
- Invasion and War
Hace 3 días · A map of Mexico 1845 after Texas annexation by the U.S. In March 1847, U.S. President James K. Polk sent an army of 12,000 soldiers under General Winfield Scott to Veracruz. The 70 ships of the invading forces arrived at the city on 7 March and began a naval bombardment.
Hace 4 días · Southern Baptism Convention, the largest Baptist group in the United States, organized at Augusta, Georgia, in 1845 by Southern Baptists who disagreed with the antislavery stance of Northern Baptists.
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Hace 2 días · In November 1845, Polk sent John Slidell, a secret representative, to Mexico City with an offer to the Mexican government of $25 million for the Rio Grande border in Texas and Mexico's provinces of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México.
- April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848, (1 year, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day)
12 de abr. de 2024 · This is a complete list of acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom for the year 1845. Note that the first parliament of the United Kingdom was held in 1801; parliaments between 1707 and 1800 were either parliaments of Great Britain or of Ireland ).
8 de abr. de 2024 · Becoming a lunacy commissioner in 1828 and commission chairman in 1834, he secured passage of the Lunacy Act of 1845, the first British statute to treat the insane as “persons of unsound mind” rather than social outcasts
Hace 3 días · On July 19, 1845 the third massive fire to devastate New York City hit the heart of the modern day Financial District. Although the fire didn’t cover as much ground as the Great Fires of 1776 or...
