Una storia pittorica della scuola degli Stati Uniti; a cui si aggiunge la Dichiarazione di indipendenza, e la Costituzione degli Stati Uniti . ND ? 3. In che disnuti erano gli UnitedStates un partito all'inizio della sua amministrazione? 4. Quando e da che cosa attwas l'annessione del Texas consumato? 270 AMMINISTRAZIONE DI POLK S. mittcd nell'Unione, facendo l'intero num-ber degli stati venti-eifht. GUERRA CON IL MESSICO. II L'annessione del Texas portò ad una guerra con il Messico; infatti, notando l'indipendenza del Texas, era stata riconosciuta dagli Stati Uniti, dall'Inghilterra, dalla Francia e da altri gov-ernme

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A pictorial school history of the United States; to which are added the Declaration of independence, and the Constitution of the United States . nd ? 3. In what disnutes were the UnitedStates a party at the beginning of his administration ? 4. When and by what actwas the annexation of Texas consummated? 270 POLK S ADMINISTRATION. mittcd into the Union, making the whole num-ber of States twenty-eiofht. WAR WITH MEXICO. II. The annexation ofTexas led to a war withMexico ; for, notwith-standing the independ-ence of Texas had beenacknowledged by theUnited States, England, France, and other gov-ernments, Mexico stillclaimed it as a part ofher own territory, andconsidered the act ofannexation as sufficientcause of war. III. The Mexican minister at Washington having protestedagainst the measure of annexation, and returned home, and hisgovernment having assumed a belligerent attitude, General Tay-lor, who was then in command of a camp in the western part ofLouisiana, was directed to hold his army in readiness to protectthe Texan territory. By the advice of the Texan authorities, he was induced to concentrate his troops at Corpus Christi*. * Corpus Christi is a L:Uin term, signifying the body of Christ. t Texas h:is no motto. ir. Questions.—5. WHiat did the annexation of Texas lead to? 6. Rj what^ovcrnments had the independence of Texas been acknowledged? 7. What claimJid Mexico still maintain ? 8. What then was the cause of the war between Mexicoind the United States? III. 9. What conrse did the Mexican minister pursue ? 10. What, his govern-ment? 11. Where was Taylor at the time? 12. What direction did he receive?13, Where did he afterwards concentrate his troops? 14. Into what body of waterdoes the Nue es How? (See map, p. 271.) 15. Why did Taylor go to CorpusChristi ? folks administration. 271 (kor-pus kris-te), situated on the western bank of theNueces {noo-a-thes) River, near its mouth, where, in November, his forces amounted to about four thousand men, EVENTS OF 1846.IV

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