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Mexican-American War

Lectures in History

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The New Whig Party and the Texas Revolution

The push for territorial growth is coming from the jeffersonian side. It's almost like jefferson's dream of that north american continent of six or seven republics all ing themselves, but not all under one one one government. So first had come the louisiana purchase, opposed by the federalist party. Then comes the push for texas annexation, which we're going to talk about in a minute. And then the whig party is going to oppose the war itself. But ther there's more life than politics, thank god.

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