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 In 1846 there was still confusion on the border between the Mexicans and the Texans, or the Americans. The Mexicans thought the border was the Nueces River, but the Rio Grande was considered the border to the Texans/Americans. The motivation that led to, why President Polk went to war with Mexico was to gain California and make it apart of the United States. Polk wanted California to be apart of the U.S. because he wished to expand the United states, he was angry because the Mexicans would not sell California to Polk when he wanted, Polk wanted to defend Texas because of the interpretation of the Southern boundary  President Polk wished to expand the United States of America, because it would grant the citizens more land to grow and harvest food, especially cotton because it was shipped to Great Britain to be made into customary clothing, and it was an enormous way to make a good business with a vast profit.