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France and Britain were about to have war, and the French almost lost the war, so they sold the Louisiana Purchase to the America for 15 million dollars.
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Lewis and Clark discovered Oregon and the pioneers in Oregon said it was the perfect place to farm.
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Andrew Jackson started to kill Mexicans in Florida so it could be a USA territory.
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Americans went toTexas and they granted Austin the right to have a colony there. There were tensions between the Americans and Mexicans because there were more Americans.
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Clip from the movie "The Alamo"
The Mexicans beat the Americans at the Battle of the Alamo. Afterwards the Americans beat the Mexicans at the battle of San Jactinto River. -
In 1836, Santa Anne's Army reached San Antonio, Texas and started a war.
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Presdient Polk decided to give Britain half of Oregon that is now part of Canada.
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Mexico and the USA signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo they got the Mexican cession the present day States of California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and New Mexico for $15,000,000.
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The Mexicans invade Texas because they couldn't agree on a border and wanted them out.