The war with Mexico came at a time when much of the country had strong feelings of manifest destiny. Manifest destiny is the belief that fate had preordained the US to expand from the Atlantic to the Pacific oceans and from Canada to the Rio Grande river. This idea which was coined by John O' Sullivan was very popular in the 1840's. This ideal had strong influence and was one reason that their was so much popular support for the US expansion west. This ideal while nationalistic did not give us the right to go into Me

President Polk during his presidency lusted for more land than the country had ever before controlled. Not only did he capture Texas but also California and Oregon. While attempting to gain California through peaceful means he sent John Slidell to Mexico City to offer the Mexicans up to $25million dollars for California yet this offer was rejected by the Mexicans as insulting. This led Polk to frustration and his willingness to try backhanded and sneaky new ways to get the Mexicans to give him the territories that he desired. This showed that Polk was consumed with greed for new territory. He no longer cared how he claimed his no territory. Polk was consumed with a need to make his campaign promises a reality and to make the prophecy of manifest destiny a reality. His greed for land is evident in his behind the back tactics that he attempted to employ against the Mexicans. He also was seeking a form of revenge for the deaths at the Alamo and the refusal of his proposal to buy California from the Mexicans. Polk was so greedy for land that he was willing to risk blood shed and death of his citizens for revenge against the rejection of a proposed treaty and his want for manifest destiny.

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