mexico claimed the nueces river was the texas border.
river that mexico claimed was the texas border?
the nueces river
breaking with the senate tradition that held that freshman senators were not to address the senate, in early 1846 houston strongly advocated for the annexation of oregon country. in the oregon treaty, which was reached later in 1846, britain and the united states agreed to split oregon country. meanwhile, polk ordered general zachary taylor to lead a u.s. army to the rio grande river, which had been set as the texas-mexico border under the treaty of velasco; mexico claimed the nueces river constituted the true border. after a skirmish between taylor's unit and the mexican army, the mexican–american war broke out in april 1846. houston initially supported polk's prosecution of the war, but differences between the two men emerged in 1847. after two years of fighting, the united states defeated mexico and, through the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo, acquired the mexican cession. mexico also agreed to recognize the rio grande river as the border between mexico and texas.
sam houston
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the texas border coalition (tbc) is a group of elected officials and business leaders located along the border of texas and mexico who make policy recommendations to help the texas-mexico border region grow and prosper economically. tbc is non-partisan, and seeks to help texas border communities speak with one voice on areas of agreement, focusing on immigration and ports of entry, transportation, health care and education and workforce development.
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