Having more farmland during a war would allow for a larger capacity to produce food to feed the army. As the infantry is focused on the battle, things like food and other essential commodities increase in their intrinsic value because of what it represents, in that food gives energy to troops and the troops need energy to fight and win the war and/or battles. Napoleon and Frederick the Great are both attributed with saying "An army marches on its belly". Meaning fighting needs fuel and that fuel for soldiers is food, thus the importance of having a significant amount of farmland.
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Answer:
I believe it is because it was expensive, and the U.S was independent from Texas. Mexico also held the west coast, and pretty much everything was in Kaos, because Texas Independence.
Explanation:
Mexico held what is now known as Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, which is pretty bigg.
Mexico and Texas wasn't getting along, and the U.S was slightly supporting the U.S so that didn't go over so well.
President Houston tried to smooth things over with Polk, but Lamar kinda went banzai and attacked everything and tried to Manifest Destiny Texas instead of the U.S, and Lamar hated joining the U.S, and Mexico said that if Texas joined the U.S, "Texas + U.S = war." which kinda blew up into war.
