Polk's War:
John Slidell, was sent to Mexico to calm relations between countries but was rejected. This resulted in America invading Mexico and loosing lives. Slidell was positive that the Mexican government would come to its senses. He was turned away from the government and a revolution took place. The government became military based but they still didn't accept him. They refused to talk to Americans. American forces were being assembled to invade Mexico (as they already had Texas). Troops were told to invade but not aggressively, this is not go over well as some were still killed. Polk argued that America declared war because Mexico was no longer useful as a separate country and peace was non-existent. So the Mexicans declared war on America officially and it was done.
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