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RATHBUN, Lyon. La transformación de la visión de John Quincy Adams sobre México.Traduzido porGabriela Montes de Oca Vega. Secuencia [online]. 2005, n.61, pp.34-60. ISSN 2395-8464.  https://doi.org/10.18234/secuencia.v0i61.895.

This paper analyzes John Quincy Adams' changing attitude to Mexico, from being the leading architect of American territorial expansion in the early nationalist period to an ardent defender of Mexico's territorial integrity during the 1830s. The author is also concerned with the following question: What does John Quincy Adams' transformation tell us about the broader relationship between the United States and Mexico? The article shows how, during the 1810s, in seeking to expand the economic self-sufficiency and territorial extent of the United States, Adams had ignored Mexico's civic potential and was eager to acquire Texas and other Mexican territories. Following his defeat in the 1828 elections, he became an opponent of Jacksonian expansion. In resisting the expansion of slavery -and the possibility of the republic becoming a conquering empire- Adams was compelled, despite himself, to defend the integrity of Mexico.

Palavras-chave : US-Mexican relations; American expansionism; Texas; slavery; John Quincy Adams; Andrew Jackson.