<span>Critics believe that President Polk used the threat of force to force Mexico to concede all rights to the Texas territory and possibly even more land. America was still expanding and needed more land to do so. The president was already attempting to purchase California, so showing that we could take Texas furthered his goal there as well. Settlers in Texas feared loss of their land. So the president was cajoling Mexico into forgoing all rights.</span>
<span>C. The high cost of the war meant Parliament had to create new taxes in the American colonies.</span>
<span>William T. Sherman became known for using tactics of total war in the south during the Civil War. </span>
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being able to speak about what you think
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