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| President Polk |
Polk's war address explains the causes of the United States joining in war with Mexico. Originally Polk sent an envoy to negotiate peaceful solutions with the mexican government in order to a diplomatic solution to solve the problems surrounding the border disputes and the injustices of the mexican government against the United States. However, a revolution in mexico was reaching an all time high in a change of power and thinking about the diplomatic relations with the US. They choose to not accept nor delegate with America and and made no proposals or accepted any that delegated peace between the two nations. Instead, Mexico engaged in hostilities with the US, especially with the troops that were stationed between the two rivers, Rio del Norte and teh Nuces. When uncertainty of hostility between the two groups and many casualties from the American troops began to increase, Polk believed that the US was justified in declaring war.
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