• Americans in California overthrew the Mexicans in 1846, declaring the independent nation of the Bear Flag Republic
• Soon afterwards, California joined the United States.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo – 1848
• Mexico recognized the Texas-Mexico border as the Rio Grande.
• Mexico ceded the Mexican Cession to the United States.
• Today, the Mexican Cession are the states of California, Nevada, Utah, and parts of Arizona, New Mexico, Colorado, and Wyoming.
• The United States paid Mexico $15 million.
• The United States bought southern New Mexico and Arizona for $10 million.
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