Reading Metrics
Grade Level
Middle Grades (MG 4-8)
Book Level
7.1
Points
1.0
Fiction/Nonfiction
Nonfiction
Word Count
3085
Points per Word
0.000324
Page Count
48
Points per Page
0.020833
Series
We the People
Description
The United States and Mexico each wanted the area of Texas. In 1847, General Scott was authorized by President Polk to offer Mexico one last chance to agree to American terms of peace. If the Mexicans agreed, Mexico City would be spared.