Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico.
The Phillipines, Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba, the Cubans were quickly given their independence and the Philippines achieved that status after WW2.
It had already annexed Texas from the Republic of Texas, but it gained California and the American Southwest in the Mexican American War.
The only land that was stolen from Mexico was Texas the others were fought for or bought!
California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico would probably NOT be part of the United States, had it not been for the Mexican War (1846-1848).
Arizona, California, Nevada, Utah and New Mexico.
The Mexican Cession.
The Phillipines, Guam, Puerto Rico and Cuba, the Cubans were quickly given their independence and the Philippines achieved that status after WW2.
I don't know that's why I am asking
The Wilmot Proviso.
By steady encroachment backed up by heavy handed militias and the US Army.
The annexation of Texas as a US state in 1846 directly led to the war, but US ambitions toward the Mexican lands in the West were the driving force for the conflict.
The states conquered where California, Nevada, Arizona New Mexico, and Colorado. all formerly owned by Mexico.
The states conquered where California, Nevada, Arizona New Mexico, and Colorado. all formerly owned by Mexico.
the west lands
The stealing of Native American ancestral lands and the removal to reservations.
It had already annexed Texas from the Republic of Texas, but it gained California and the American Southwest in the Mexican American War.