How did the border dispute between Mexico and Texas affect the Mexican-American War?

Mexico and Texas disagreed over their border: Texas claimed the Rio Grande, while Mexico considered the Nueces River its boundary. After Texas joined the United States in 1845, the United States asserted the Rio Grande claim, and the dispute helped lead to war with Mexico. So the border became a source of conflict once Texas became part of the United States.

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