<span>Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor and his troops to the disputed borderland between the Nueces River and the Rio Grande, where they built a fort. A month later Mexican soldiers attacked a small force of Taylor's soldiers. Polk used this reason to declare war on Mexico.</span>
The main point of the excerpt is that readers should be aware of the damage that the war has done to a generation of men who were impacted by it, and read the book with this idea in mind.
The epigraph wants to make sure that readers who approach this book do it with the same purpose as the one with which the author wrote it. He does not want the readers to think of this book as an accusation, a confession or an adventure.
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B. Each branch of the federal government has different responsibilities.
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The thing he would probably dislike the most about today's U.S. government is the involvement in foreign wars including the Iraq and Afghanistan wars. This is because John Adams, while not strictly a pacifist, advocated peaceful resolution of conflicts, and disapproved of the excesses of war.
For example, during his presidency, he did build up the army and navy preparing for a possible war against France, but in the end he signed the Treaty of Mortefontaine, which prevented any further escalation.
Texas asked to be annexed by the US. If the US accepts it could lead to a war with Mexico.
