The Road to War
Manifest Destiny
- in 1845 a man named John O'Sullivan wrote that it was the manifest destiny of the United States to control all the land from the Atlantic to Pacific Ocean (this is the definition of manifest destiny)

Annexing Texas
- led by Stephen F. Austin, thousands of Americans moved into east Texas and settled on land granted them by the Mexican government.
- the settlers brought cotton and slaves
- in 1830 the Mexicans ordered the Texans to stop having slaves
- in February 18...
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