Americans were invited to come to Mexico, they did not have to come,but they did and so did their slaves. Mexico had already abolished slavery but we brought and kept them anyway. Mexico was not happy with this and America was mad at Mexico for not allowing them to hold slaves (Sumner, 329). American citizens deliberately defied and ignored Mexico’s laws. Americans would bring slave and signed the contract but would not adhere to the laws of Mexico but would take the land and have slaves (Sumner, 329). “Decreed the abolition of slavery.” (Sumner, 329) This means that slaves will not be allowed at all whatsoever. America was not justified in going to war with Mexico because slavery was abolished but Americans still brought them. They brought the punishment on themselves.
America does have some reason to go to war with Mexico. Americans were strong believers in Manifest Destiny. Like President Polk, most Americans believed that America should extend to the Pacific Ocean (O’Sullivan, 323). America already had Texas, so why not extend to California. California has the “Anglo-Saxon foot” on it already so we should just take it (O’Sullivan, 323). However, countries cannot steal land from another country just because our influence is already there. America cannot take land because they want the