MANIFEST DESTINY
John O’Sullivan (1845)
“Our manifest destiny [is] to overspread and to possess the whole of the continent which Providence has given us for the development of the great experiment of liberty and … self government entrusted to us.”
The Origins of the War
Manifest Destiny Texas Becomes Independent
Stephen Austin Antonio de Santa Ana
Sam Houston Battle of San Jacinto River
The Origins of the War
Manifest Destiny Texas Becomes Independent John Tyler & the Texas Annexation Crisis
The Origins of the War
Manifest Destiny Texas Becomes Independent John Tyler & the Texas Annexation Crisis Polk Provokes the Mexicans
Rio Grande River Nueces River
War with Mexico
Fighting Along the Rio Grande
Fort Texas Gen. Mariano Arista
Battle of Palo Alto
Battle of Resaca De La Palma
War with Mexico
Fighting Along the Rio Grande Zachary Taylor Attacks Monterrey
Black Fort William Worth
War with Mexico
Fighting Along the Rio Grande Zachary Taylor Attacks Monterrey The Taking of New Mexico & California
Stephen Kearny John C. Fremont
Robert Stockton
War with Mexico
Fighting Along the Rio Grande Zachary Taylor Attacks Monterrey The Taking of New Mexico & California Santa Ana Counter-Attacks
Battle of Buena Vista
Winfield Scott’s Campaign
Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City
Robert E. Lee P.G.T. Beauregard
Winfield Scott’s Campaign
Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City
1. Battle of Contreras
Gen. Valencia
Winfield Scott’s Campaign
Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City
1. Battle of Contreras
2. Battle of Churabusco
San Patricio Battalion
Winfield Scott’s Campaign
Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City
1. Battle of Contreras
2. Battle of Churabusco
3. Battle of Molino del Rey
Chapultepec
Winfield Scott’s Campaign
Scott Lands at Vera Cruz Battle of Cerro Gordo Scott Attacks Mexico City
1. Battle of Contreras
2. Battle of Churabusco
3. Battle of Molino del Rey
4. Storming Chapultepec
Joseph E. Johnston