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The states of Coahuila, Nuevo León and Tamaulipas declared their independence from Mexico as the Republic of the Rio Grande, which also took the eastern part of the state of Chihuahua. [ citation needed ] However, the border with Texas was never determined: the Republic claimed the Nueces River as its northern border, while Texas continued to ...
The effective independence of Mexico reached on September 27, 1821, does not meant the independence of the states, because Mexico was the only Latin American country which became independent from Spain as a monarchy. After the fall of the Mexican Empire, the Federal Republic was established on July 12, 1823. [1]
Mexico ceded the Texas-claimed areas as well as a large area of land [46] consisting of all of present-day California, Nevada, and Utah, most of Arizona, and portions of Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyoming. August 17, 1848. The Republic of Yucatán rejoined Mexico after the Caste War of Yucatán forced them to seek outside help. [35] May 29, 1848
The U.S. agrees to pay US$15 million to Mexico and to pay off the claims of American citizens against Mexico. It gave the United States the Rio Grande as a boundary for Texas, and gave the U.S. ownership of Alta California and a large area comprising roughly half of New Mexico, most of Arizona, Nevada, and Utah, and parts of Wyoming and ...
Mexico has been a major transit and drug-producing nation: an estimated 90% of the cocaine smuggled into the United States every year passes through Mexico. [130] Fueled by the increasing demand for drugs in the United States, the country has become a major supplier of heroin, producer, and distributor of MDMA , and the largest foreign supplier ...
The election of the first Mexican migrant senator to México’s federal legislature could be a step forward for the creation of a 33rd state of the Mexican republic in the United States.
This began the Mexican War of Independence in New Spain, Spain's colony that encompassed modern-day Mexico, Central America, and the southwestern United States. [5] Hidalgo's declaration was a reaction to the French invasion of Spain ; the invasion overthrew Spanish King Ferdinand VII and replaced him with Napoleon 's brother, Joseph . [ 6 ]
It's official: The Gulf of Mexico is no more (at least in the United States, anyway). Workers at the federal Board on Geographic Names have formally changed the name to the Gulf of America per one ...