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Fact of the day
The Mexican Government Had Long Warned That Annexation Would Mean War With
The
United States
When Texas Joined
The
U.S
The
Mexican Government Broke Diplomatic Relations With
The
United States
The
United States Now Assumed
The
Claims Of Texas When
It
Claimed All Land North Of
The
Rio Grande
In
June 1845
President James K
Polk Sent General Zachary Taylor
To
Texas
And
By
October
3,500 Americans Were
On
The
Nueces River
Prepared
To
Defend Texas From
A
Mexican Invasion
On
November 10
1845
Polk Ordered General Taylor
And
His Forces South
To
The Rio Grande
Into Disputed Territory That Mexicans Claimed
As
Their Own
Mexico Claimed
The
Nueces River�about 150 Miles (240 Km) North Of
The
Rio Grande�as Its Border With Texas
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