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Why did the US pay Mexico 18 million at the end of the war with Mexico if the US won the war?
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∙ 10y ago
Guilty conscience: the war was aimed at acquiring California at all costs. Although it can't be called "stealing", promoting a war on the grounds of American blood shed on a no man's land is quite shaky at best.
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Why did Mexico give up all territories to the US for 15 million dollars?
I don't think they did. But for $10 Million, Mexico did sell the Gadsen Purchase, which is the southern part of New Mexico and Arizona, to the US. This land was a more suitable route for a Trans-Continental Railroad than any more northern location.
What problem did Mexico's War of Independence finally solve in 1821?
Mexico did not have to pay food and goods to Spain for their villages anymore
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo accomplish?
It added an additional of 525,000 square miles to the United States territory, inclusive of the land that makes up all or the parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming.
What forced the Mexican government to surrender to America at the end of the War with Mexico?
The US marching in to Mexico City.
What did Mexico want in the Mexican-American War?
To end Texas Independence.
What did the US pay 10 million for in 1853 from Mexico?
Because the Revolution War
Money to Mexico to end war?
It was 18.25 million US dollars.
How much did the US pay Mexico for Texas New Mexico Arizona and California after the Mexican-American war?
It was $15 million.
Did the US pay Mexico for the land that would eventually become California?
no. they got it by winning a war with Mexico. although in the end they did give Mexico money for it, i believe 15million.
Where did the thirty years war end?
mexico
How did the Mexico war end?
1918n 1945
How much did the United states pay California for New Mexico?
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War. In accordance with the treaty provisions, Mexico ceded to the United States California and a large area comprising roughly half of New Mexico, most of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Wyoming and Colorado. It also established the Rio Grande as a boundary for Texas. The U.S. payed $15 million to Mexico and agreed to pay off the claims of American citizens against Mexico up to $3.25 million.
What year did Mexico and us sign a trety to end the Mexico war?
1848.
Did the US pay France 15 million dollars?
did the US pay France 15 million dollars during the war
What signaled the end to foreign rule in mexico?
end of U.S. Civil War
How much money did Schindler pay for the Jews he saved?
He spent approximately 2.8 million dollars.
Why did Mexico give up all territories to the US for 15 million dollars?
I don't think they did. But for $10 Million, Mexico did sell the Gadsen Purchase, which is the southern part of New Mexico and Arizona, to the US. This land was a more suitable route for a Trans-Continental Railroad than any more northern location.
