His expansionist appetite whetted by the 1845 annexation of Texas, U.S. president James K. Polk sought war with Mexico to force more territorial concessions. Thanks to the recently developed electric telegraph network, word of the United States’ first victories against Mexico in Texas at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma (May 8–9, 1846) spread …
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