He sent John Slidell to buy California and new Mexico. This can mess up the slave-free economy. President John Tyler restarted negotiations with the Republic of Texas. North and South and risked war with Mexico, which had broken off relations with the United States. While Mexico didn’t follow through with its threat to declare war, relations between the two nations remained tense over border disputes. After the mission failed, the U.S. army under Gen. Zachary Taylor advanced to the mouth of the Rio Grande, the river that the state of Texas claimed as its southern boundary. THE END.
One major reason European countries engaged in imperialism in the late 19th century was to (4) obtain markets for their manufactured goods. They launched a new period of colonial expansion, thus discovering new markets.
