mexican cession & the mexican american war (1846 - 1848) military conquest
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Mexican Cession & the Mexican American War
(1846 - 1848) military conquest
War in Texas Mexico = Texas annexation, act of war No border ever agreed upon (Dispute
over Rio Grande) While patrolling the
Rio Grande, American Soldiers killed
Declare war on Mexico
New Mexico and California Polk determined to have California and
New Mexico Areas first colonized by Spain, then
became Mexican territories Both areas fell during Mexican war Invades Mexico http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuC-ucEZEJ4
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Mexico gives up Texas and Mexican
Cession (Half of ALL its territory) U.S. pays Mexico and promises to
protect Mexicans in Texas A few years later, Gadsden Purchase
(1853) – bought from Mexico to complete sw border for transcontinental RR