We the People of the United States, in Order to form a more perfect Union, establish Justice, insure domestic Tranquility, provide for the common defence, promote the general Welfare, and secure the Blessings of Liberty to ourselves and our Posterity, do ordain and establish this Constitution for the United States of ...
President Polk wanted California but knew Mexico would not agree to sell it and his only avenue was to start a war (knowing the US would win it).
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Guerra Sucia, Guerra Sucia española, también llamada Proceso de Reorganización Nacional, Proceso de Reorganización Nacional español o El Proceso, infame campaña emprendida de 1976 a 1983 por la dictadura militar argentina contra presuntos opositores políticos de izquierda. Se estima que murieron entre 10.000 y 30.000 ciudadanos; muchos de ellos fueron “desaparecidos”, confiscados por las autoridades y nunca más se supo de ellos.
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<u><em>The British Involvement</em></u>
Britain was engaged without proclaiming which side they were on. The south relied on the protection of Britain, but they did not get it. The British Government needed to help the Confederacy. British common people were anti-slavery. British had a sufficient supply of cotton and did not need the South for that supply.
Given bad crop yields, Britain was pressured to import grain from the North
<u><em>The Trent Affair</em></u>
First major crisis in late 1861, with Britain. A British ship was stopped by Union warship and 2 Confederate Delegates removed. Slow communication has given UK time to calm down.
<u><em>Alabama</em></u>
British made a Confederate Warship. The ship picked up arms in Cuba. Union merchant ships were captured and burned. Canada was invaded by the north.
<u><em>Laird Rams</em></u>
Two huge warships made in the UK. Fabricated to sink Union ships. Had they supported the West, Canada would have been overrun by the East.