Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
I'll be 15 in August.

Manifest Destiny is the beleif that is the United State's Right to inherite all the lands of North America, from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
It had a part to play in the mexican american war much like the arms build up after the Franco-Prussian war had to do with World War One. It was behind the war however the spark that caused the war was somthing unrelated.
Oh and I got the grade back for it, I got like a 90.
I apologize for judging your essay to harshly a 8th grade or Freshman level essay should be judged as such and I didn't take that into account

Quote Originally Posted by Kaiser of Arabia
It was behind the war however the spark that caused the war was somthing unrelated.
I disagree with this assesment. The Democratic and Whig Parties both favored expansion into the Southwest and all that was needed was a pre-text for invasion. There's a reason, historians condemn the Mexican-American War as "The foulest blot on our national honour." It was a war driven by greed, and the desire to expand national borders as well as expand slavery.

Quote Originally Posted by Simon Appleton
I'm not sure what became of him after the Alamo campaign, though.
General Urrea led a revolt against Santa Anna following the Texas War and died in 1849. Theres not a lot of material on him in English, I do know of a book written by Patricia R. Herring which is supposed to be very good , unfortunately it seems to be pretty rare and fairly expensive as well.