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How did Mexico feel about Texas officially becoming part of the United States in 1845?

Mexico was very angry when the United States annexed Texas in 1845.  In fact, Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with the United States and threatened to go to war (though it did not carry through on that threat).  This was because Mexico felt that Texas was still part of Mexico.


Texas had been a part of Mexico for a very long time.  It was, of course, in the far north of that country and was not very heavily populated.  Because of this, the Mexican government, in essence, felt that the land in Texas was being wasted.  For this reason, Mexico started to implement policies to attract American settlers to Texas.  Before long, there were many more Americans than Mexicans in Texas.  This caused problems as the Americans generally did not want to become Mexican.  They felt their country was superior and they preferred to retain their American identities.  In the early 1830s, civil war essentially broke out in Mexico between people who wanted a strong central government and people who wanted more autonomy for the states.  The Texans took advantage of this civil war to rebel against the central government.  They won their war with Mexico and declared independence in 1835.


Even though Texas had become independent, Mexico did not really accept this result.  They continued to feel that Texas was part of Mexico.  (We might compare this to the present-day situation in which China insists that Taiwan is still a part of China.)  Mexico did not try to retake Texas, but when the US annexed Texas, Mexico was very angry.  Mexico broke off diplomatic relations with the United States, which is often tantamount to war.  It also threatened to go to war.  Ultimately, the annexation did lead to war between the US and Mexico, but it was the US that started the war.

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