Americans thought that there land stopped beyond where Mexicans say it did, and the Americans said it was of the river Rio grande. President Polk decided to make a treaty for land but the Mexicans refused. After that US marched troops down to settle the argument, and then Mexicans attacked America. America won the battle and therefor took land from Mexico
Because the Mexico keep moving down and the westan are staying so they become to American. The United States paid $15 million to bought California and New Mexico, on 1853 the United States paid $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase a strip of land along the southern edge of present-day Arizona and New Mexico.
The original US-Mexico border was defined by the Sabine River north from the Gulf of Mexico to the 32nd parallel north (32°N), then due north to the Red River, west along the Red River to the 100th meridian west (100°W), due north to the Arkansas River, west to its headwaters, north to the 42nd parallel north (42°N), and finally west along that parallel to the Pacific Ocean.
Texas was lost during the Texas Revolution (1835-1836). Territory of Texas at the time included present-day Texas, as well as those parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, Colorado and Wyoming described above.
During the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) Mexico lost all the remaining territories, including present-day California, Nevada, Utah and the rest of Colorado as well as most of northern New Mexico and Arizona. Also at the end of the war Mexico was forced to cease any attempt on reclaiming Texas. This is also known as the Mexican Cession (1848).
Finally, during the Gadsden Purchase (1853), Mexico sold parts of southern Arizona and New Mexico to the United States. This was the only peaceful purchase of land made from Mexico.
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The United States paid Mexico 10 million dollars for the Gadsden Purchase, which included about 29,670 square miles of territory in what is now southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico. The purpose of the purchase was to acquire land for the construction of a transcontinental railroad.
Alta California, Nuevo Mexico and the Neuces Strip.
The title of the land that the US gained from Mexico from the war was known as the Mexican Cession. If you mean the chunk of land US bought from Mexico to build railroads that would be the Gadsden Purchase.
what seven US states were partially or entirely created from land acquired by a treaty with Mexico in 1848
mexico
US bought it from Mexico.
You mean the Gadsden Purchase? The original objective of James Gadsden was to acquire land for a transcontinental railroad.
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Mexico.
To acquire a piece of public land by living on and cultivating it is called claiming the land.
Polk's goal was simple. He wanted a country which stretched from sea to shining sea. By supporting Texas, a future conflict with Mexico was assured, and the US could then acquire Mexican territory between the US and the Pacific Ocean.
in the year 1848
most of the present day west (Arizona, California, Nevada, etc) from mexico Lousiana Purchase from france -- all the way to the rockies oregon expansion by polk -- from British
us won the war with mexico
It was part of the Louisiana purchase from France.
Southern Arizona and part of New Mexico