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The Mexican-American War

The Mexican-American War began in 1846.  There were many events that led up to this war.  For example, Mexico and the United States argued over where the official border between the countries should be.  The United States was also unhappy because Mexico refused to sell California and New Mexico to the United States.  People in the United States at that time wanted to make the country bigger so they wanted to buy California and New Mexico from Mexico.  Mexico’s refusal to sell the territories was one of the reasons the United States went to war.  Mexico had many problems throughout the war.  The biggest  problem was that the Mexican government was weak and divided.  The United States also had a better army and weapons.  After two years of fighting the American army invaded Mexico and won the war.  Mexico had to give the United States California, New Mexico, and other territories to end the war.