[DOC] [TLE] MexicanAmerican War - Wikipedia [PAR] The MexicanAmerican War, also known as the Mexican War, the U.S.Mexican 
War or the Invasion of Mexico, was an armed conflict between the United States 
of America and the United Mexican States from 1846 to 1848. It followed in the 
wake of the 1845 US annexation of Texas, which Mexico .... As a result, New 
Mexico was dependent on the overland Santa Fe Trail trade... [DOC] [TLE] Santa Fe Trail - Wikipedia [PAR] The Santa Fe Trail was a 19th-century transportation route through central North 
America that ... The Trail was used as the 1846 U.S. invasion route of New 
Mexico during the MexicanAmerican War. After the U.S. acquisition of the 
Southwest ending the MexicanAmerican War, the trail helped open the region to 
U.S.... [DOC] [TLE] The History Guy: The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848) [PAR] Jun 25, 2015 ... A brief description of the war between the United States and Mexico in the 1840s. 
... Stephen Kearny traveled west to Sante Fe, New Mexico and then to California. 
... defeated the Mexican forces and began to move south after inflicting ... In 
September, 1846, Taylor's army fought General Ampudia's forces... [DOC] [TLE] The Mexican War - Lone Star Technologies [PAR] Oct 19, 2010 ... The Mexican War between the United States and Mexico began on Apr. 25, 1846
. ... troops along the southern border of Texas on Apr. 25, 1846. ... Britain and 
France had used force, or the threat of it, to induce the Mexican government to .... 
the Army of the West), he moved down the Santa Fe Trail into New... [DOC] [TLE] Mexican-American War | Mexico-United States [1846-1848 ... [PAR] Sep 11, 2015 ... War between the United States and Mexico (April 1846February 1848) ... claims 
against Mexico, and purchase New Mexico and California for up to $30 million. ... 
On May 9, 1846, Polk began to prepare a war message to Congress, .... States 
sent its army from the Rio Grande, under Taylor, to invade the... [DOC] [TLE] The U.S.-Mexican War . War (1846-1848) . The Borderlands on the ... [PAR] California was the real goal in the far west  to have harbors on the Pacific and 
make ... We were not terribly interested in New Mexico, Arizona, Colorado, Utah 
and .... were selling guns to Indians who used those guns to take Mexican cattle 
and ... Stephen W. Kearny marched over the Santa Fe trail to invade New Mexico. [DOC] [TLE] A History of the Sante Fe Trail - Official Santa Fe Trail Association [PAR] No doubt, other people were met as the New Mexicans explored outside of ... 
William Becknell started from Franklin, MO with five other men in September of 
1821. ... brought war with Mexico and the Santa Fe Trail became a route of 
invasion. ... First used in a major way by the Army of the West, Bent's Fort in 
southeastern... [DOC] [TLE] The Santa Fe Trail - Manifest Destiny: The Trails [PAR] When the Mexican-American War began in 1846, the Santa Fe Trail began to be 
... peaceful and the trail was used as a military supply route until the war ended. 
... Fe Trail was followed by The Army of the West in order to invade New Mexico. [DOC] [TLE] History | Santa Fe Trail | Oh, Ranger! [PAR] In 1846, the Mexican-American War began. The Army of the West followed the 
Santa Fe Trail to invade New Mexico. ... Soldiers used the Trail during 1840's 
disputes between the Republic of Texas and Mexico, the 1846-48 Mexican-
American... [DOC] [TLE] New Mexico Tells New Mexico History | History: Santa Fe Trail [PAR] With the start of the Mexican-American War in 1846, the Army of the West 
followed the Santa Fe Trail to invade New Mexico. ... and Colorado gold fields, 
adventurers, fur trappers, and emigrants all used the Trail. ... With the expansion 
of railroads acrossthe continent, freighters and stagecoaches began to disappear
. In 1879... [DOC] [TLE] Santa Fe

Question: When the Mexican War began in 1846, the Army of the West used this trail to invade New Mexico
Answer: the Santa Fe Trail