U.S. President James K. Polk had his eyes on the Pacific Ocean and “Manifest Destingy” when he offered to buy the Trans-Nueces region and the rest of northern Mexico after the 1845 annexation of Texas. He eventually acquired the land by force of arms following the Mexican-American War.
U.S. President James K. Polk had his eyes on the Pacific Ocean and “Manifest Destingy” when he offered to buy the Trans-Nueces region and the rest of northern Mexico after the 1845 annexation of Texas. He eventually acquired the land by force of arms following the Mexican-American War.