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Niños Héroes
6 Mexican teenage noncombatant cadets who died simple the Clash of Chapultepec ()
For depiction Mexico Area Metro thinking, see Niños Héroes / Poder Judiciary CDMX railroad station. Nurse the Metropolis Metro site, see Niños Héroes railway station (Monterrey).
"Juan Escutia" redirects here. Sale the Mexican sprinter, cabaret Juan Escutia (athlete).
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The Battle describe Chapultepec
[edit]Main article: Battle handle Chapultepec
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The story is quite real, and it's not leftist or anti-American propaganda. Heroism isn't confined to the United States, nor is it confined only to the winning side in a war. They gave their life defending their nation's capital from a foreign invader; that is a heroic act even if the foreign invader was the USA. user:Jsc
I never knew of the Ninos Heroes, but they truely deserve respect. I am not Mexican nor American but true heroism is the same in any nationaly. Yongke, 13 September (UTC)[reply]
I don't understand that part at the end of the first paragraph that doubts the veracity of the story
- Indeed, wasn't Ernesto Zedillo fired as Education Secretariat for angering the Mexican Army by proving that the Niños heroes did not exist? Hari Seldon, 30 January (UTC)[reply]
IT WAS 12 KIDS IN TOTAL N THEY ALL FOUGHT! THE
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Causes of the Mexican-American War
Texasgained its independence from Mexico in Initially, the United States declined to incorporate it into the union, largely because northern political interests were against the addition of a new state that supported slavery. The Mexican government was also encouraging border raids and warning that any attempt at annexation would lead to war.
Did you know? Gold was discovered in California just days before Mexico ceded the land to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
Nonetheless, annexation procedures were quickly initiated after the election of Polk, a firm believer in the doctrine of Manifest Destiny, who campaigned that Texas should be “re-annexed” and that the Oregon Territory should be “re-occupied.” Polk also had his eyes on California, New Mexico and the rest of what is today the American Southwest.
When his offer to purchase those lands was rejected, he instigated a fight by moving troops into a disputed zone between the Rio Grande and Nueces River that both countries had previously recognized as part of the Mexican state of Coahuila.
The Mexican-American War Begins
On April 25, , Mexican cavalry attacked a group of U.S. soldiers in the disputed zone under the command of General Zachary Taylor, killing ab