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Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo


            
             The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed February 2, 1848. Trist for the United States and by a special commission representing Mexico. Trist disregarded a recall to Washington, and negotiated the treaty in violation of his instructions. The U.S. Senate reluctantly approved the treaty.
             The U.S. Congress voted to annex the Texas Republic. Troops, led by General Zachary Taylor, were sent to the Rio Grande to protect the boarders. The Mexicans recognized the dividing line as the Rio Nueces and thought the U.S. was sending troops into Mexico. War was declared on May 13, 1846. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in Guadalupe Hidalgo to end the war. Under the treaty, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory in exchange for fifteen million dollars in compensation for war-related damage to Mexican property. The treaty recognized U.S. claims over Texas, with the Rio Grande as its border, assumed the claims of American citizens against Mexico, recognized prior land grants, offered citizenship to Mexicans residing in the area, and the U.S. promised to police its side of the border.
             The treaty expanded the U.S. It showed the strength of the U.S. by winning another war. This led to the division of Oregon and the Gadsden Purchase. This land provided a route for railroads. The acquisition of a vast expanse of territory in the West opened the doors for an even larger wave of western migration. This helped bring the question of slavery to the forefront of American politics.
             Present-day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, and parts of Colorado, Nevada and Utah were ceded to the U.S. in the treaty. After the division of Oregon and the Gadsden Purchase, it established the boundaries of the continental United States as it is today. It left many Mexicans bitter toward the United States and led to decades or poor relationships and misunderstandings.
             To end the Mexican War, Mexican officials and Nicholas Trist discussed a peace treaty.


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