General obligation bonds are a type of municipal government bond, which is government debt issued to raise money to finance public improvements. A general obligation bond is a municipal bond backed by the credit and taxing power of the issuing jurisdiction, rather than the revenue from a given project.
The Mexican-American War began because of a clash between the Mexican Army and the US Army in the disputed border area called the Neuces Strip (See the Thornton Affair-see Related Link shown below).
Mexican-American War The Mexican-American War was a war fought between the United States and Mexico between 1846 and 1848. It is also called the U.S.-Mexico War. In the U.S. it is also known as the Mexican War; in Mexico it is also known as the U.S. Intervention, the U.S. Invasion of Mexico, the United States War Against Mexico, and the War of Northern Aggression (this last name is more commonly used in the American South to refer to the American Civil War). The war grew out of unresolved conflicts between Mexico and Texas.