the U.S.-Mexican border is no exception. With the European colonizing

the New World, it was a matter of time before the powers collided. The

Spanish settled what is today Mexico, while the English settled what

is to day the United States. When the two colonial powers did meet

what is today the United States' Southwest, it was not England and

Spain. Rather the two powers were the United States and Mexico. Both

Counties had broken off from their mother countries. The conflict that

erupted between the two countries where a direct result of different

nation policies. The United States had a policy of westward expansion,

while Mexico had a policy of self protection. The Americans never had

a written policy of expansion. What they had was the idea of "Manifest

Destiny." Manifest Destiny was the belief that the United States had

the right to expand westward to the Pacific ocean. On the other hand,

Mexico was a new country wanting to protect itself from outside

powers. Evidence of U.S. expansion is seen with the independence of

Texas from Mexico. The strongest evidence of U.S. expansion goals is

with the Mexican-American War. From the b

protection of the Untied States. President Tyler could not get the 2/3

continued the policy started by Spain of allowing Americans to settle

U.S. state of New Mexico. Eventually the Spanish established the city

sea, which led to the establishment of San Diego in 1769 and Los

United States kept ships off the coast of California. In 1842 the U.S.

aroused Mexican fears. This set the stage for the Mexican-American

Mexico's protest as a excuse to spend troops into Texas.

city of Monterrey in California. He falsely believed that Texas and

This set the stage for major conflict in the region.

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