treaty of guadalupe hidalgo

     

The Treaty of Guaalupe Hidalgo (Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo in Spanish) is the peace treaty, largely dictated by the United States to the interim government of a militarily occupied Mexico, that ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The treaty provided for the Mexican Cession, in which Mexico ceded 1.36 million km² (525,000 square miles) (55% of its pre-war territory) to the United States in exchange for US$15 million (equivalent to $313 million in 2006 dollars) and the ensured safety of pre-existing property rights of Mexican citizens in the transferred territories, the latter of which the United States in a significant number of cases failed to honor. The United States also agreed to take over $3.25 million ($68 million in 2006 dollars) in debts Mexico owed to American citizens.

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  • In 1848 this U.S.-Mexico peace treaty was signed not far from the Basilica of the Virgin of Guadalupe
  • Signed February 2, 1848, this treaty ended the Mexican War
  • This 1848 treaty ending the Mexican-American War added over 500,000 square miles to U.S. territory
  • Under the terms of this 1848 treaty, Mexico recognized Texas as a part of the United States
  • Signed Feb. 2, 1848, the treaty of this city north of Mexico City brought an end to the war
  • Most of what is now New Mexico was ceded to the U.S. in 1848 through this treaty that ended the Mexican War

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