Which country declared war on Mexico on 13 May 1846?
Mexican–American War invaded our territory and shed American blood upon American soil." The U.S. Congress approved the declaration of war on May 13, 1846, after a few hours of debate, with southern Democrats in strong support. Sixty-seven Whigs voted against the war on a key slavery amendment, but on the final passage only 14 Whigs voted no, including Rep. John Quincy Adams. In Mexico, although President Paredes issued a manifesto on May 23, 1846 and a declaration of a defensive war on April 23, both of which are considered by some the de facto start of the war, Mexico officially declared war
Centralist Republic of Mexico on Mexico on May 13, 1846; Mexico for its part declared war on May 23 of the same year. Finally on August 22, 1846, a new decree was issued that restored the Constitution of 1824, which ended the Centralist system and gave way to the Second Federal Republic of Mexico (Federal Republic). Centralist Republic of Mexico The Centralist Republic of Mexico (), or in the anglophone scholarship, the Central Republic was officially the Mexican Republic (). It was a unitary political regime established in Mexico on October 23, 1835, under a new constitution known as the Seven Laws after the