USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which brought an official end to the Mexican-American War (1846-48), was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a city to which the Mexican government had fled with the advance of U.S. forces.

Detailed explanation-2: -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-3: -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.

Detailed explanation-4: -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.