Claims As A Cause Of The Mexican War Microfilm

Author : Clayton Charles Kohl
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ISBN 13 : 9781331333807
Total Pages : 110 pages
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Download or read book Claims as a Cause of the Mexican War written by Clayton Charles Kohl and published by . This book was released on 2015-07-13 with total page 110 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Claims as a Cause of the Mexican War: A Thesis Submitted to New York, University in Partial Fulfillment, of the Requirements for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy After Mexico won her independence from Spain in 1821, there followed a period of thirty or forty years in which both the society and government of that country underwent profound changes. The conservatives completely dominated by the clergy were bent upon retaining the old monarchy. The liberals were equally strong in their desire to establish republican institutions. The struggle between the old order and the new kept Mexico in almost constant revolution from 1821 to 1855. In this period, the form of government was changed eight times and the country was ruled by thirty-five different administrations. Romero, one of the recent ministers of Mexico to this country, says that conditions during this time were very similar to those existing in European countries during the feudal regime. The clergy, he maintains, were really feudal barons monopolizing the wealth and education of the country and exerting a powerful influence over the minds of the people. Webster in 1846 gave it as his opinion that Mexico had had one of the most irregular and worst governments that had ever existed on earth. Such conditions inevitably led to many difficulties between Mexico and the foreign nations whose citizens resided in that country or had business interests there. Many Americans were engaged in Mexican trade, and they soon made numerous complaints because of confiscation of property and personal mistreatment. For twenty years prior to the Mexican War these complaints constituted one of the most important subjects of controversy between the two nations. It was impossible to keep them from being blended with the other questions under diplomatic discussion. This fact has led to much confusion of thought regarding their true significance in the relations between the two countries. Every president of the United States from Jackson to Buchanan, with the possible exception of Van Buren, ardently desired to secure the two Mexican provinces of Texas and California. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.