Mexican-American War (1846-1848). ⚔️ How US became Great

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⚔️ As a result of the Mexican-American War of 1846, the United States not only doubled its territory, but also began to dominate the American continent.
⏱ Content:
0:00 Background to the conflict
3:31 Texas Revolution
6:50 Start of hostilities
8:28 California campaign
9:56 New Mexico campaign
11:39 Northeastern Mexico
14:26 Scott's invasion of Mexico's heartland
16:03 End of hostilities

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@War_history_lab Жыл бұрын

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@darkpharaon1230 Жыл бұрын

I do not a think there was ever a more wicked war than that waged by the United States on México. I thougth so at the time , when i was a youngster , only i has not moral courage enough to resign .- Ulysses S.Grant president of The United States

@aksmex2576 Жыл бұрын

Yeah now the annexation areas would be drug cartel filled.

@Mechanix.Illustrated Жыл бұрын

Such a good video! That should have more views

@kraigthorne3549 Жыл бұрын

It should be four times as long, because very important things were left out of the video.

@ytuberrRolid397 Жыл бұрын

Regarding US interests in annexing all of Mexico, another reason Congress decided not to do this was over the issue of slavery. Adding new states from acquired territory would could have potentially created new slave states and worsened relations between slave and free states. Congress essentially decided it was not worth causing a crisis leading up to the Civil War that occurred anyway

@War_history_lab Жыл бұрын

I agree. Many stories believe that the annexation of Mexican territories was one of the main causes of the American Civil War.

@ChevyChase301 Жыл бұрын

@@War_history_lab “one of the main causes because of slavery “ it’s literally why the Alamo happened too

@marthagomez7335 Жыл бұрын

@@War_history_lab karma

@andresmora5192 Ай бұрын

The United States does not have the moral quality to demand that Russia return Crimea, Donetsk, Kherson, Lugansk to Ukraine, after the conflict in Ukraine. The United States did the same with Mexico in the 19th century, balkanizing Texas and California, Mexican provinces, through an invented war, to later annex them. The irony is that the US-Americans were illegal immigrants in the Mexican 🇲🇽 province of Texas in the 19th century.

@jinhosong4985 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for interesting video

@princeofAcre Жыл бұрын

I would like to see this channel grow

@peterkragelund4794 28 күн бұрын

You ought to correct the glitch that shows the avatar of Scott being the general that defeats Santa Anna and occupies "the Halls of Montezuma" but bearing Taylors name!

@OldHickoryAndyJackson Жыл бұрын

Zachary Taylor was an artillery expert

@juanisaac5172 Жыл бұрын

Yes he was. Taylor was a good commander but not at the level of Winfield Scott who was a better strategist. Tactically they were about even.

@Jameswebbtelescope7484 Жыл бұрын

Interesting video. Though I bit of a error at 6:20. It wasn’t Mexico who declared war. Now they did attack the troops their but Polk convinced congress to declare war on Mexico as a result of the attack. america fired the first shot and thus made the first move.

@juanisaac5172 Жыл бұрын

The US had tried to push Mexico into war before. In 1842 the US Navy attacked and captured Monterrey, CA. It would be like the Mexican Navy taking New Orleans.

@abrahamdavidrodriguezsilve4173 6 күн бұрын

No estados unidos dio los primeros tiros al cruzar la frontera del río nueses

@Jameswebbtelescope7484 6 күн бұрын

@@abrahamdavidrodriguezsilve4173oo thx for the correction.

@marthagomez7335 Жыл бұрын

By stealing everything they own!

@malickfan7461 Жыл бұрын

I think you misspelled “purchased and conquered.”

@marthagomez7335 Жыл бұрын

@@malickfan7461 you still understood what I meant, that’s what matters

@malickfan7461 Жыл бұрын

@@marthagomez7335 so then you acknowledge that it wasn’t theft?

@marthagomez7335 Жыл бұрын

@@malickfan7461 it was and is a straight out theft. CROOKS!

@juliopadua641 Жыл бұрын

@@malickfan7461. Wrong. The USA force Mexico to sign that treaty of Guadalupe at gunpoint with violence ("war"). MEXICO was in no shape to fight the stronger more violent USA. It was WAY TOO easy for America, just like snatching the purse of a lady in high heels on the street. As they say it, "easy money". 🏃‍♂️👜

@scott4066 5 ай бұрын

Was it 15 Million dollars or pesos? Everywhere else that I look, it says dollars, not pesos

@alexmeyjes5533 Жыл бұрын

no this should be called the next step to empire

@SirBedevereTheWise 6 ай бұрын

I'm just trying to figure out how the military of the time made it across texas so fast and yet it takes all day driving across it today 🤷🏼‍♂️

@kolbycastor8301 Ай бұрын

Different breed back then

@ElmayorND 15 күн бұрын

Mexico was in the midle of internal turmoil, thats why there was no a proper response, mexicans was more concerned of taking goverment control than figth the americans

@DontUputThatEvilOnMe 8 ай бұрын

Looking back Mexico should have took the 21 mil the USA originally offered.

@Leo-ok3uj 5 ай бұрын

Maybe, but without the hindsight you could see that it was a offer made to be rejected, 21 million for all that land it was a diplomatic insult

@kennethgustafson4947 Жыл бұрын

I'm sure it may not matter to most , but the map should have Buena Vista just south of Saltillo.

@kraigthorne3549 Жыл бұрын

The US Army invented what was known as flying artillery. This new weapon made it so six guns could kill hundreds of soldiers in combat formation in less than a minute. This is the reason the US Army was able to win every battle where they had artillery.

@LOSERDeSonoma-oy9iu Жыл бұрын

DISABLE*

@kyrenthang8633 Жыл бұрын

I already know a bit about the Mexican - American war, a war that Ulysses S. Grant called "The most unjust war ever fought". I got the immediate impression that the narrator blamed the Mexicans for not making clear and enforcing their the laws which is untrue. You have to realize the type of people the Texas settlers were. They deserted the US because the US had too stringent laws on slavery, they swore allegiance to Mexico and were informed of the Mexican laws on slavery which they promptly ignored and in revolt persuaded the US into war with Mexico re-swearing their allegiance to the US. They again promptly broke their word and joined the Confederacy because of it's stance on slavery and after participating in and losing a war against the US they re-swore their oath of allegiance. Today Texas is renowned as a cesspool of cock-eyed conspirators. The US would have done better to let Mexico keep Texas and everything in it.

@kraigthorne3549 Жыл бұрын

Grant did NOT say that it was the most unjust war ever fought. He said it was the most unjust war the United States ever fought.

@kyrenthang8633 Жыл бұрын

@@kraigthorne3549 So you're "that guy" are you? OK, let's forget the context. What do YOU think the most unjust war ever fought that Grant avoided mentioning was?

@kraigthorne3549 Жыл бұрын

@@kyrenthang8633 He was saying that our of the Revolution, War of 1812 and the Mexican American War the Mexican American war was the most unjust.

@kyrenthang8633 Жыл бұрын

@@kraigthorne3549 The actual quote was: "For myself I was bitterly opposed to the measure, and to this day regard the war, which resulted, as one of the most unjust ever waged by a stronger against a weaker nation."

@kraigthorne3549 Жыл бұрын

@@kyrenthang8633 True

@captainfanta8641 Жыл бұрын

By stealing lands that belong to other people.

@malickfan7461 Жыл бұрын

I think you misspelled “purchased and conquered.”

@DontUputThatEvilOnMe 8 ай бұрын

Just like the Mexicans/Spanish did to the natives in Mexico.

@kolbycastor8301 Ай бұрын

Lmao, what about how Spain took the lands from the Indians? According to your logic, Mexico doesn’t have a right to be there either.

@seanmacguire6898 12 күн бұрын

To be honest, it didn’t belong to Mexico either

@baer100588 Жыл бұрын

Let’s forget about the 15 million dollars that Mexico owed the USA ….

@juanisaac5172 Жыл бұрын

More like 3 million. And most of that were claims from the Texas Republic.

@tylerclayton6081 Жыл бұрын

We should have taken Baja California as well. Ah well…too late now

@ItzRotso Жыл бұрын

Im actually from Baja California Capital and we will never be from the United States, NO ONE WANTS TO BE FROM THE UNITED STATES seriously you think that a nation of no more than 27 years is very strong what the United States did is illegal it was an immoral and illegal war.

@marthagomez7335 Жыл бұрын

You are going down the toilet now!

@teresaguerrrasalazar4964 Жыл бұрын

As a result, you have deadly problems with the descendants of African Slaves and the US is being drowned by uncontrolled immigration from all over the world. We Mexicans are Amerindian, we bear the image that the soil of the American continent gave us to survive on it our destiny is tied to the land, these are natural laws that no man can change, thou shall not steal, thou shall not the people from their land.

@juanisaac5172 Жыл бұрын

Hindsight. But at the capture of Mexico City Baja was not totally in US hands. US only had about 200 soldiers there. A Mexican Captain by the name of Pineda was still fighting. He was still resisting.