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careyhaley12

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in April 1846, Mexican troops crossed the Rio Grande and killed 11 US soldiers in response, Polk requested a declaration of war from Congress arguing that Mexicans had "shed the blood of our fellow citizens on our own soil" by May 13th 1846, both Nations officially were at War

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kookiesgamer

Answer:

shed the blood of citizens on our soil.

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Polk, they contended, had provoked the Mexicans to attack in order to start a war against a weak neighbor so that the U.S. could acquire with relative ease the desired western territory.

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