<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>
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Once he had discovered America, anyone knew how to get there. His passion for exploration when he was very young, and his persistence for not giving up when investors rejected him, were early signs that Columbus would succeed as an explorer.
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