The Treaty of Guadalupe, Hidalgo was signed on 2 February 1848 and ended the war between Mexico and the United States. Both California and New Mexico had both been occupied in the summer of 1846.
New Mexico territory
New Mexico was a territory, not a state
The current state of New Mexico.
The Territory of New Mexico existed from September 9, 1850, until January 6, 1912, when the territory was admitted to the Union as the State of New Mexico. Santa Fe was the capital city in the Territory of New Mexico.
Almost 62 years. New Mexico became a territory on Sept. 9, 1850 and a state Jan. 6, 1912
In the Compromise of 1850, the Mexican Cession territory (excluding California) was to become New Mexico and Utah. Their slave situations were to be determined using popular sovereignty, or the power of the votes of the people to decide if it would be a slave state or not. In addition, the Compromise of 1850 also gave the disputed territory between Texas, a slave state, and New Mexico to New Mexico. This invalidated the previous compromise, the Missouri Compromise, which banned slavery in North of 36 in newly gained territory.
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It was decided to divide the remainder of the Mexican War into two territories, the Utah Territory and the New Mexico Territory.
New Mexico cutthroat trout is the official state fish for New Mexico.
Mexico lost half its territory, including New Mexico, at the Mexican-American War of 1846-1848.
The "Lobo" is the official mascot of the University of New Mexico.
He was the Governor of New Mexico Territory from 1893 to 1897.