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The Mexican War was provoked by president James k. Polk in the effort to admit California into the U.S. He sent General Zachary Taylor over the so called Mexican border in the attempt to start a fight and create bloodshed. On January 13, 1846 16 men were killed and wounded in this battle. Polk was determined to win this war, and settle this boundary dispute. After the war the U.S. and Mexico come up with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. In this treaty the U.S. paid 15 million dollars for all the land and the claims of its citizens. It was obvious that Polk did this so California could be part of the United States. He had his four point plan and was sticking to it the whole entire way through all of this.