Texas
Encyclopedia article; The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition, 2009
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...immediate cause of the Mexican War . After Gen. Zachary Taylor defeated the Mexicans at Palo Alto and Resaca de la Palma , the Mexican forces retreated back...cent., when many Mexicans also entered). Agrarian...the 1880s demands for economic reform and limitation...the 20th cent., but conditions worsened for the tenant...