USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -This copy, given to the United States by Mexico, provides proof that the treaty was ratified by the Mexican government. This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -Contents. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican-American War in favor of the United States. The war had begun almost two years earlier, in May 1846, over a territorial dispute involving Texas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado (see Article V of the treaty).

Detailed explanation-4: -The signing took place at the main altar of the Basilica of Guadalupe in Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, now a suburb of Mexico City. At the time, U.S. troops under the command of Gen. Winfield Scott occupied the Mexican capital. On March 10, the U.S. Senate ratified the treaty 38 to 14.

Detailed explanation-5: -The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in 1848, the treaty allowed the United States to purchase California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada, Utah, and Colorado for fifteen million dollars, doubling the size of the United States, but also displacing millions of Mexican citizens in new American territory.