California, Arizona, New Mexico,Texas, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming.
California and New Mexico.
After the war between the US and Mexico was over, Mexico was left defeated and weak. President James K. Polk decided to get these two areas from Mexico in return for 15 million dollars. Later, in the Gadsden Purchase, the US bought present day Arizona and New Mexico.
Mexico did, after the Mexican-American War (1846-1848).
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo , 1848
the main reason to why Spain ceded FL to the US was because the Latin American revolution that was happening there, then came the Mexican revolution which the Spainish government had to retake Mexico. FL was a lose cause for them due to their inability to protect the land that they had claimed from the US and the Indians.
Some major US cities located within ceded land areas include Seattle, Minneapolis, and Detroit. These cities are situated on land that was historically inhabited by Indigenous peoples and later ceded to the United States through treaties or other agreements.
Mexico ceded California and the New Mexico Territory to the United States as part of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, which ended the Mexican-American War. This treaty resulted in Mexico relinquishing a significant portion of its northern territories, including present-day California, Arizona, New Mexico, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Colorado and Wyoming. The cession significantly expanded U.S. territory and played a crucial role in the nation's westward expansion.
The Gold Rush of 1849, which came the year after Mexico ceded California to the US following the Mexican-American War.
Texas and Oregon were gained after the American Mexican war when Mexico ceded those territories ,and more, to the U.S.
Texas and Oregon were gained after the American Mexican war when Mexico ceded those territories ,and more, to the U.S.
California was a part of Alta California, a region of Mexico that the US acquired as a result of the Mexican-American War. This area wasn't annexed but was ceded.
1848 Mexico recognized Texas was part of the US and that the Rio Grande was the border of the two nations. They ceded the Mexican Cession. The US, in return, paid Mexico about $18 million for claims and to protect the Mexicans who lived in Texas and the Mexican Cession.