Mexican American War Explained in 14 Minutes

In less than two years, Mexico lost about half of its territory: California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, New Mexico and Texas for good. How did a war over a strip of desert between two rivers redraw the map of North America and push the United States toward civil war? Here is the Mexican-American War explained in 14 minutes. It starts with two young countries and a revolt in Texas, goes through Manifest Destiny, "American blood upon the American soil", a future president who demanded to see the exact spot, Santa Anna's return from exile, the landing at Veracruz, the Irish soldiers of the Saint Patrick's Battalion and the boy heroes of Chapultepec, and ends with the treaty, the gold found nine days before it was signed, and the road to the Civil War. If you enjoyed it, hit LIKE and SUBSCRIBE. New easy-to-learn history stories every week! Tell me in the comments: did you learn about this war in school? And which war should we explain next? CHAPTERS 0:00 The war that redrew North America 1:14 Two young countries 2:31 Texas 3:41 Manifest Destiny 4:36 American blood 5:39 The dissent: Thoreau, Lincoln and Wilmot 6:23 The West falls 7:13 Santa Anna returns 8:02 Veracruz to Mexico City 9:05 Saint Patrick's Battalion 9:41 Chapultepec 10:23 The treaty 11:37 The cost 12:24 The road to Civil War 13:23 Two memories Note: casualty figures for the war are estimates; Mexican losses in particular were never fully counted, and numbers vary between sources. #MexicanAmericanWar #History #Mexico #USHistory #HistoryExplained