Because of this continuous changing, most of the presidents did not gain enough trust and power from their citizens and hence they could easily be attacked by the press for the action of negotiating with United States’ commissioners. So the first step that President Polk needed to take to avoid another war was to make the negotiation publicly and offer a good deal of compromise. Moreover, on August 24, 1821, Mexican people got their independence after a long and struggle war against Spanish forces that were weakened by the power of Napoleon in Europe (“Struggle for Mexican Independence”). Thus, President James Polk could addressed this to get the sympathy from Mexican people for the Texans, who now also tried to fight for their own independence. In fact, with the pressure from the citizens, the government were more likely to recognize the independence of Texas and hence gave the United States more chance to annex the state. Also, the fact that Mexico once fought a challenged war with a weakened Spain to get its freedom now was at a high risk of fighting a powerful
Because of this continuous changing, most of the presidents did not gain enough trust and power from their citizens and hence they could easily be attacked by the press for the action of negotiating with United States’ commissioners. So the first step that President Polk needed to take to avoid another war was to make the negotiation publicly and offer a good deal of compromise. Moreover, on August 24, 1821, Mexican people got their independence after a long and struggle war against Spanish forces that were weakened by the power of Napoleon in Europe (“Struggle for Mexican Independence”). Thus, President James Polk could addressed this to get the sympathy from Mexican people for the Texans, who now also tried to fight for their own independence. In fact, with the pressure from the citizens, the government were more likely to recognize the independence of Texas and hence gave the United States more chance to annex the state. Also, the fact that Mexico once fought a challenged war with a weakened Spain to get its freedom now was at a high risk of fighting a powerful