The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . Mexico. No doubt, the ignorance andprejudice prevailing in that country at the time, and thefrequent overthrow of one government and the settingup of another, made it difificult to treat with Mexicowithout war. From the time that American settlersbecame a dominant element in Texas, a collision withthe Mexicans was probably inevitable. The territory ac- The territory acquired from Mexico, first and last, waslarger than the United States at the close of the Revolu-tionary War. It comprised all the region now include
The household history of the United States and its people, for young Americans . Mexico. No doubt, the ignorance andprejudice prevailing in that country at the time, and thefrequent overthrow of one government and the settingup of another, made it difificult to treat with Mexicowithout war. From the time that American settlersbecame a dominant element in Texas, a collision withthe Mexicans was probably inevitable. The territory ac- The territory acquired from Mexico, first and last, waslarger than the United States at the close of the Revolu-tionary War. It comprised all the region now includedin Texas, CaHfornia, Nevada, Arizona, and Utah, thegreater part of Colorado, and a part of Wyoming. Theacquisition of this territory has exerted a most impor-tant influence upon the recent history of the throwing into the hands of an energetic people the quired from Mex THE CLOSE OF THE MEXICAN WAR. 20^ gold and silver mines of that region, it has added solargely to the worlds stock of the precious metalsas to affect profoundly the commerce of the globe. Vast min-. cattle-raising interests,with innumerable oth-er sources of wealth,have been added to the United States. This annexation opened to us thetrade of the Pacific, and added immeasurably to the vari-ety of climate and production within the bounds of theUnited States. The unexpected political results whichfollowed will be traced hereafter. Before the Mexican War broke out, the United States Discovery of the 11 t . 1 T-» .r r-< !• Oregon country. was already reachmg out to the racinc. Some discover-ies had been made in that quarter as long ago as certain Captain Gray, from Boston, went to the Pacificcoast to trade for furs in 1787. These he took to China,and brought back a cargo of teas from thei-e to the UnitedStates in 1790. He was the first man to carry the flag ofthe new American Republic round the world. In 1791 he 294 HISTORY OF THE UNITED STATE*,. Explorations byLewis and Clark. The Oregopute
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