The Mexican American war was basically when The U.S. Invaded mexico during the period April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848:
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The dispute grew up from the United States’ annexation of </span>Texas<span> in 1845 and from a dispute over whether Texas ended at the Nueces River (Mexican claim) or the </span><span>Rio Grande</span>
The US wasn't involved in any physical fighting prior to the attack on Pearl Harbor but we were sending supply convoys to Great Britain.
Answer:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ypsDg_SPLIhHFWBDpbIm9GT8ngKmHM_wtu-UyOOzYOc/edit
Explanation:
Throughout the European colonization of North America by the French and British, tenions between French and British settlers in North America (traders, poachers and the like) built up a deep resentment against each other since they often competed for the same land, same "markets" to trade their goods with the Native Americans, etc. However, the animosity between the two parties goes back a long time, even before the colonization of America, to the times of the One Hundred Years' War, and perhaps, even log before.