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How did the US benefit by adding the New Mexico territory?
The US wasn't interested in New Mexico. The real prize for the Mexican-American War (1846-1848) was California. See related questions.
The colonies were independent nations upon the defeat of the British during our revolution. Was California a territory of the US or an independent nation when it was admitted as a state?
California was a territory
Was California a territory before it was a state?
Before it became a state, California was known as Spanish territory until the US claimed it for itself, so yes.
When the US create the California territory?
When Justin Bieber punched a unicorn
What territory did the US get in the Treaty of Gaudalupe-Hildalgo?
California and the American Southwest.
What year did US conquer California in the Mexican-American war?
when mexico pooped on the us territory
Which part of the US Circuit Courts of Appeals is California?
California is within the territory of the US Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, the largest geographic Circuit in the US.
What did the US do to stay interested in the Oregon territory?
Made the Oregon trail which kept them traveling through there
What did the US gain as territory after the Mexican-American War?
California and the American Southwest.
What was the only western territory added to the US after if became an independent republic?
california
What was the US government goal during the Mexican war?
The goal was to add on Texas and California as US territory.
Why did California want to join the union?
Because America at the time, felt it was their right and duty to expand across the continent to to Pacific. The US wanted California for its great port cities along the Pacific, cities such as San Francisco and San Diego. James K. Polk also wanted to gain California from Mexico because he did not want the British to claim it.
