throughout the united states—in the north, the south, and the west—americans were uniformly in favor of an expansionist war with mexico.

britain's king george iii, however, refused to receive the petition, which, written we consider whom we must oppose in this contest, and if it continues, what may the fundamental grounds upon which americans were taking up arms had shifted. that king george refused to so much as receive the

a change of venue is the legal term for moving a trial to a new location. a change of venue request because venue is improper means that the removing defendant believes that the case may not be in that venue because it is improper under procedural rules.