MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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Question
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When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hildago was signed
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during the annexation of Texas
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during the Gadsden Purchase
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at the battle of San Pasqual
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Detailed explanation-1: -The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, that brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital where the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S. forces.
Detailed explanation-2: -The treaty was signed on behalf of the United States, by Nicholas Trist, the State Department’s chief clerk, and by three Mexican representatives: Luis Cuevas, Bernardo Couto and Miguel Atristain.
Detailed explanation-3: -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-4: -Mexican officials and Nicholas Trist, President Polk’s representative, began discussions for a peace treaty that August. On February 2, 1848 the Treaty was signed in Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city north of the capital where the Mexican government had fled as U.S. troops advanced.