33: Mexican-American War (Part 1): From the Nueces River to the Rio Grande

History That Doesn't Suck

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🗓️ 18 February 2019

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“Hostilities may now be considered as commenced.” This is the story of the Mexican-American War’s beginnings. President James Polk is annexing Texas (much to Mexico’s chagrin). But does Texas end at the Nueces River? Or the Rio Grande? Whatever your view, this won’t be settled with words. Welcome to the story, General Mariano Arista and General Zachary “Old Rough and Ready” Taylor. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:56.8	Captain Seth Thornton is leading some 60-dragons, you know, soldiers on horseback, up the northern
1:02.8	side of the Rio Grande.
1:07.2	They're roughly 40 miles inland from the Gulf of Mexico's coast, and the country of,
1:13.0	well, that depends on your perspective, because this is disputed territory.
1:19.6	On the one hand, it could be America.
1:23.0	According welcome to Texas into the Union last year as its 28th state, the United States
1:28.0	is asserting the same international border with Mexico that now Lone Star State previously
1:33.6	claimed as the Lone Star Republic.
1:36.3	That would make everything south of the long, south-easterly winding Rio Grande, Mexico,
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