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Text version of the timeline appears below. View interactive version of timeline on Home Page. 1844. June 6 - U.S. Senate defeats treaty of annexation with Texas. November - James K. Polk defeats Henry Clay to become eleventh president of the United States. December 5-7 - Santa Anna deposed; José Joaquín Herrera elected as interim president ...
Nov 9, 2009 · Updated: August 10, 2022 | Original: November 9, 2009. copy page link. Print Page. Universal History Archive/Getty Images. The Mexican-American War of 1846 to 1848 marked the first U.S. armed...
May 14, 2020 · May 14, 2020 • Updated November 29, 2023. Two long years had passed after the initial shots were fired, sparking the Mexican American War in 1846. After United States forces under General Winfield Scott captured and occupied Mexico City in 1848, Mexican President Antonio López de Santa Anna surrendered.
May 11, 1846 - President Polk asks Congress to declare war on Mexico May 13, 1846 - The U.S. Congress declares war on Mexico. May 18, 1846 - U.S. troops occupy Matamoros. September 20-24, 1846 - Battle of Monterrey. U.S. victory. February 22-23, 1847 - Battle of Buena Vista. U.S. victory. March 9 – 27, 1847 - Siege of Vera Cruz
The Mexican–American War, also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848.
Following its original plan for the war, the United States sent its army from the Rio Grande, under Taylor, to invade the heart of Mexico while a second force, under Col. Stephen Kearny, was to occupy New Mexico and California.
April 25, 1846: The Mexican-American War begins when Mexican troops cross north of the Rio Grande River and opened fire on U.S. troops at Fort Texas. May 8, 1846: Battle of Palo Alto - The first official battle of the war. After Mexican troops retreat, Taylor declares his army victorious.
