Part one of term paper
came about for many reasons. Among them, probably the biggest, was the Mexican war. This war was mainly about the U.S. trying to gain more spanish territory to complete its manifest destiny. President Polk had been eager to compromise with britian on the division of the Oregon Territory because the United States was already at war w ...

Part two of term paper
... quite often and these changes interfered with negotiations between the two countries. The most important reason for the war was the attitude that Polk had set forth, HE had to take over Texas and California. He was willing to pay 30 million dollars for these two territories. He actually cocidered paying up to 40 millon for these two lands. But regardless the Mexicans refused so Polk decided that he had no other alternative then to use force. Polk ordered Zachary Taylor to move his troops ...