![]() ![]() By the time President Polk came to office in 1845, an idea called "Manifest Destiny" had taken root among the American people, and the new occupant of the White House was a firm believer in the idea of expansion. Ever since President Jefferson's acquisition of the Louisiana Territory in 1803, Americans migrated westward in ever increasing numbers, often into lands not belonging to the United States. ![]() to expand across the North American continent to the Pacific Ocean caused conflict with all of its neighbors from the British in Canada and Oregon to the Mexicans in the southwest and, of course, with the Native Americans. The war between the United States and Mexico had two basic causes. CAUSES OF CONFLICT: Why Did the Mexican-American War Start?
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