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2 C fr. B o s c h G a r c í a , H ist oria de las relaciones ent re M éx ico y los E stados
U nidos 1 8 1 9 -1 8 4 8 , p . 9 7 .
3 C fr. G r i s w o l d d e l C a s t i l l o , T he T reat y of G uadalupe H idalg o: A L eg acy
of C onflict , p . 9 .
4 O p. cit ., p . 5 4 9 .


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5 S e l l e g ó a l e x t r e m o d e e s t a b l e ce r e n N u e v a Y o r k u n b a n c o p a r a l a
v e n t a d e t i e r r a s e n T e x a s . L u ca s A l a m á n co n d e n ó l a i n t e r v e n ci ó n q u e e n
e s t a s t r a n s a c ci o n e s t e n í a L o r e n z o d e Z a v a l a . C fr. idem. E n e l m i s m o s e n t i d o
P a u l a A r r a n g o i z , M éx ico desde 1 8 0 8 hast a 1 8 6 7 , p . 3 5 5 .
6 C fr. V i l l a l p a n d o C é s a r , L as balas del inv asor, p . 4 4 .
7 V illa lp a n d o re m o n t a lo s in t e re s e s e x p a n s io n is t a s e s t a d o u n id e n s e s a
1 7 8 6 c o n T h o m a s Je f f e r s o n (ibidem, p . 1 2 ). S i n e m b a r g o , l a f r a s e M anifest
D est iny d e l a d o ct r i n a ju s t i f i ca d o r a d e l a e x p a n s i ó n e s t a d o u n i d e n s e e s a t r i -
b u i d a a Jo h n O ’S u l l i v a n , cfr. G r i s w o l d d e l C a s t i l l o , op. cit ., p . 4 . L a p o l í t i ca
d e l dest ino manifiest o t a m b i é n s e p r e t e n d i ó e x t e n d e r a C a n a d á , cfr. T a y l o r
H a n s e n , “ E l in t e n t o e s t a d o u n id e n s e d e a p o d e ra rs e d e C a n a d á d u ra n t e la
a d m i n i s t r a ci ó n d e l p r e s i d e n t e P o l k , 1 8 4 5 - 1 8 4 9 ” , p p . 2 7 - 4 6 . P a r a l a s a c ci o -
n e s p o s t e rio re s d e la p o lít ica e x p a n s io n is t a e s t a d o u n id e n s e s e p u e d e v e r
M o r i s o n , B rev e hist oria de los E stados U nidos, p p . 5 2 0 et seq.
8 E n e s t a v i s i t a , P o i n s e t t p l a n t e a b a —e x t r a o f i c i a l m e n t e — u n a m o d i f i -
c a ci ó n a l a f r o n t e r a p a r a q u e s e i n cl u y e r a e n e l t e r r i t o r i o e s t a d o u n i d e n s e
a T e x a s , A l t a C a l i f o r n i a , p a r t e d e C o a h u i l a , N u e v o M é x i c o y S o n o r a . C fr.
B o s c h G a r cí a , op. cit. , p . 9 8 .
9 C fr. P a u l a A r r a n g o i z , op. cit ., p . 3 5 5 .
10 C fr. A l a m á n , op. cit ., p . 5 4 9 .
11 C fr. B o s ch G a r c í a , op. cit . , p . 1 3 0 .
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pendencia hasta el T ratado de G uadalupe H idalg o, p . 1 2 0 .
13 C fr. op. cit . , p . 1 2 2 .
14 C fr. P a u l a A r r a n g o i z , op. cit . , p p . 3 7 0 y 3 7 1 .
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r e co n o ci m i e n t o c e g a d o d e l o s i n t e r e s e s e s t a d o u n i d e n s e s .
16 C fr. B o s ch G a r c í a , op. cit . , p . 5 9 .
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18 C fr. P a u l a A r r a n g o i z , op. cit . , p . 3 8 7 .
19 C fr. B o s ch G a r c í a , op. cit . , p . 8 1 .
20 P a r a l o s e s t a d o u n i d e n s e s , l a n e g a t i v a d e l g o b i e r n o m e x i ca n o d e r e -
c i b i r a S l i d e l l s e d e b í a a l a s p l á t i ca s y co n s e jo s q u e M é x i c o r e c i b í a d e p a í s e s
c o m o E s p a ñ a , G r a n B r e t a ñ a y F r a n ci a .
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22 P a u l a A r r a n g o i z , op. cit ., p . 3 9 5 . T a m b i é n e x i s t i e r o n d i f e r e n ci a s e n t r e
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M ex ican W ar, p p . 1 0 2 et seq.
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a co n t e cim ie n t o s .
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45 C fr. F u en t es M a re s , op . cit . , p. 225.

46 I b id em , p. 226.
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en lo s p e rió d ico s de lo s E st ados U n idos .

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49 C fr. G ris w o ld del C a s t illo , op . cit . , p. 20.

50 C fr. T ru e b a , A lf o n s o , S a nt a A nna , p. 56.

51 E sto se puede co n s t a t a r e n la m a y o ría de la s o b ra s que hem os v en ido

co n s u lt a n d o : R oa B á rce n a , op . cit . , pp. 156 et s eq . ; G ris w o ld del C a s t illo ,

op . cit . , pp. 27 et s eq. ; F uentes M a re s , op . cit . , pp. 272 et s eq. , y t a m b ié n en

C a s t illo N á je ra , El t ratado de G ua d a l up e H id a l g o, pp. 22 et s eq .

52 F uentes M a re s , op . cit . , p. 273.

53 C fr. G ris w o ld del C a s t illo , op . cit . , pp. 27 y 28.


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58 C fr. G ris w o ld del C a s t illo , op . cit . . , p. 57.


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61 C fr. R oa B á rce n a , op . cit . , p. 307.


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