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    <dcterms:title><![CDATA[Battle of Palo Alto Lesson Plan]]></dcterms:title>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Mexican War, 1846-1848]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Palo Alto, Battle of (Texas : 1846)]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[War]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Battle]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[National Park Service]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[Treaty of Guadalupe]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:subject><![CDATA[United States. Army]]></dcterms:subject>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[The battle that took place in Palo Alto was the first of many that occurred during the Mexican-American War. It took place on May 8, 1846 in Brownsville, Texas. The battle initiated a series of events that would change the course of history for both nations. The Mexican-American War occurred because America wanted to expand its territory across all of the North American continent as they wanted to fulfill America’s “Manifest Destiny”. Furthermore, the loss of sovereignty in its northern frontier was Mexico’s motive to fight in the war as their people had developed and settled across it since the 16th century. Mexico faced many invading forces including one led by General Zachary Taylor who later became the 12th president of the U.S. The war ended in February 2, 1848 with Mexico signing the Treaty of Guadalupe that awarded the United States an additional 525,000 square miles (land that makes up present day Arizona, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and Wyoming).]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:description><![CDATA[Grade 3]]></dcterms:description>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Aisha G.]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:creator><![CDATA[Karina O.]]></dcterms:creator>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[UTRGV College of Education]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[EDCI3335-32]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:source><![CDATA[Spring 2019]]></dcterms:source>
    <dcterms:publisher><![CDATA[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley Special Collections and University Archives]]></dcterms:publisher>
    <dcterms:date><![CDATA[1846]]></dcterms:date>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[University of Texas Rio Grande Valley]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[UTRGV College of Education]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:contributor><![CDATA[Stephanie Anckle]]></dcterms:contributor>
    <dcterms:rights><![CDATA[G., Aisha, and O., Karina. (2019). Lesson Plan for Battle of Palo Alto Lesson Plan. Retrieved from https://rgvprimarysourceguides.omeka.net/items/show/97]]></dcterms:rights>
    <dcterms:format><![CDATA[PDF]]></dcterms:format>
    <dcterms:language><![CDATA[English]]></dcterms:language>
    <dcterms:identifier><![CDATA[LessonPlan-PaloAlto-Gonzalez]]></dcterms:identifier>
    <dcterms:coverage><![CDATA[Brownsville, Texas]]></dcterms:coverage>
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