Answer:
A. to stop Mexican attacks against US territory
Explanation:
Polk had declared that the Mexican advance was an invasion onto US territory, and on May 11, 1846, he asked Congress to declare war on Mexico. It was made official two days later, on May 13.
True. Mexico did resent the annexation of Texas.
Representatives of Spain and the United States signed a peace treaty in Paris on December 10, 1898, which established the independence of Cuba, ceded Puerto Rico and Guam to the United States, and allowed the victorious power to purchase the Philippines Islands from Spain for $20 million.
The answer is Creoles because they were Spanish born in Latin America.