U.S. President James K. Polk dispatches a…

1840 CE to 1851 CE

U.S. President James K. Polk dispatches a special envoy, John Slidell, to Mexico City shortly after Texas is admitted to the Union as the twenty-eighth state, to settle the Texas boundary dispute and to arrange the purchase of California.

The Mexican president, José Joaquín de Herrera, had been willing to recognize an independent Texas but is under intense domestic pressure to reject United States annexation and Texas's expanded territorial claim.

As a result, he refuses to meet Slidell and begins reinforcing Mexican army units along the Rio Bravo del Norte.

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Mexico City > Ciudad de México District Federal Mexico View →

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Antonio López de Santa Anna View → James K. Polk View → John Slidell View → José Joaquín de Herrera View → Stephen W. Kearny View → Winfield Scott View → Zachary Taylor View →

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United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Alta California View → Texas, Republic of View → Texas, State of (U.S.A.) View → Mexico, Second Federal Republic of View → California Territory View → New Mexico, Territory of (U.S.A.) View →

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Mexican-American War View →

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Conflict View → Government View → Custom and Law View →

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