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1 day ago · The Mexican–American War, [ a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, [ b] was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory because it refused to recognize ...
Jul 29, 2024 · The Mexican-American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848.Won by the Americans and damned by its contemporary critics as expansionist, it resulted in the U.S. gaining more than 500,000 square miles (1,300,000 square km) of Mexican territory extending westward from the Rio Grande to the Pacific Ocean.
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3 days ago · Conquest of California. The Conquest of California, also known as the Conquest of Alta California or the California Campaign, was an important military campaign of the Mexican–American War carried out by the United States in Alta California (modern-day California ), then a part of Mexico.
3 days ago · The Mexican War of Independence (Spanish: Guerra de Independencia de México, 16 September 1810 – 27 September 1821) was an armed conflict and political process resulting in Mexico 's independence from the Spanish Empire. It was not a single, coherent event, but local and regional struggles that occurred within the same period, and can be ...
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Jul 29, 2024 · Mexican-American War. The U.S. Army, commanded by General Zachary Taylor, encamped in Mexican territory during the Mexican-American War. (more) political cartoon: Mexican-American War. Political cartoon from 1846 depicting U.S. Pres. James K. Polk (right) looking on as Gen. Winfield Scott pours soup on Gen. Zachary Taylor, whom Polk had ...
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Aug 3, 2024 · Union troops at Appomattox, Virginia, during the American Civil War. The U.S. Army underwent an enormous expansion during the Civil War (1861–65), growing from a peacetime strength of about 16,000 troops in December 1860 to a maximum size of 1,000,000 by 1865. The Confederate army may have reached a strength of 500,000 troops at its height.
Aug 2, 2024 · The war ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (Tratado de Guadalupe Hidalgo) officially titled the Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic ended the war and was signed in February 1848. As a result, Mexico ceded present-day Texas, California, Nevada, and Utah as well as parts of Arizona, Colorado, New ...
