The Mexican-American War

War between the United States and Mexico (April 1846–February 1848) stemming from the United States’ annexation of Texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at...

Between 1846 and 1848, the United States and Mexico, went to war. It was a defining event for both nations, transforming a continent and forging a new identity for its peoples.

Soon after Mexico's Independence from its colonizer, Spain, it went to war with the U.S. This war would lead to the loss of the modern day states of Californ...

Quickly following Texan independence, the United States admitted Texas into the republic as a slave state.

Long before the battle cry "Remember the Alamo" was heard, the Tejanos—Mexicans who had lived in Texas for generations—began the fight for Texas independence. But popular history has often ignored Tejanos' role in shaping the Lone Star State.