PLS HELP I WILL GIVE BRAINLIESTPLS HELP I WILL GIVE BRAINLIESTPLS HELP I WILL GIVE BRAINLIEST Write a paragraph (at least 5 sentences) that outline what led to the Mexican-American War. In your paragraph, use the following words: Nueces River, Rio Grande, President Polk, border, troops. (if needed, reference the map to the right)

Mexican-American War, also called Mexican War, Spanish Guerra de 1847 or Guerra de Estados Unidos a Mexico (“War of the United States Against Mexico”), war between the United States and Mexico (April 1846–February 1848) stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the Rio Grande (U.S. claim). The war—in which U.S. forces were consistently victorious—resulted in the United States’ acquisition of more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square km) of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.

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