The United States of America has been through many wars, wars over many issues such as land oil, pride and respect. However, when the United States went to war with Mexico, it was planned out of greed. The Mexican-American War was a war provoked by the United States, with the aim of expanding the country's coasts. Mexico was a small, underprivileged country that, before the war, had already lost part of its country (Texas). Needless to say, it was a bitter and violent war, yet it was one of the smartest business decisions America has ever made. The prelude to war began in the 1830s when Mexico decided to open its country to America. Due to the fact that Mexico was underpopulated and had too much land, they could not afford to colonize the country. Mexico then allowed American citizens to come and live in the Texas area on the condition that they agreed to swear allegiance to Mexico and convert to Catholicism. Thousands of Americans accepted the offer and emigrated to the Mexican province of Texas. Many new "Texans" were unhappy with the way the Mexican government was trying to run the province, which led to a revolution. Mexicans and Americans living in Texas fought for their independence from the Mexican government. A final victory resulted in the capture of the Mexican president who was forced to sign the Treaty of Velasco, now giving Texas its independence. What Mexico did not know was that the loss of Texas was a prelude to the invasion of their country. In the spring of 1846, two neighbors, the United States and Mexico, went to war, two vastly different nations, going in two distinct directions. . Before the war, Mexico struggled to maintain control of much of the land it had inherited...... middle of article ......roquest.com/docview/109738553?accountid= 28747Your May 6 news article on the President Clinton's visit to a Mexican war memorial and the origins of that war provide an example of the stealth revisionism that permeates the teaching of American history.ELIZABETH, SM (May 17, 1997 ). The United States acted to provoke war with Mexico. New York Times (file from 1923 to present). Retrieved from http://search.proquest.com/docview/109814175?accountid=28747 It was satisfying to find information about the invasion of the States in your May 6 article on President Clinton's visit to a Mexican war memorial -United States of 1846 from a Mexican point of view. . Frank Oudkirk's accusation of "stealth revisionism" (letter of May 10) was an all too common and knee-jerk reaction to any implication of historical wrongdoing on the part of the United States. Walt Whitman (1846, May 11) On the Mexican War and the annexation of territories.