They then laid siege to Fort Texas along the Rio Grande. soldiers in the disputed zone under the command of General Zachary Taylor, killing about a dozen. On April 25, 1846, Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. When his offer to purchase those lands was rejected, he instigated a fight by moving troops into a disputed zone between the Rio Grande and Nueces River that both countries had previously recognized as part of the Mexican state of Coahuila. Nonetheless, annexation procedures were quickly initiated after the 1844 election of Polk, a firm believer in the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, who campaigned that Texas should be “re-annexed” and that the Oregon Territory should be “re-occupied.” Polk also had his eyes on California, New Mexico and the rest of what is today the American Southwest.
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