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  2. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo[a] officially ended the Mexican–American War (1846–1848). It was signed on 2 February 1848 in the town of Guadalupe Hidalgo. After the defeat of its army and the fall of the capital in September 1847, Mexico entered into peace negotiations with the U.S. envoy, Nicholas Trist. The resulting treaty required ...

  3. Ranchos of California - Wikipedia

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    [11] [12] [13] Armed resistance ended in California with the Treaty of Cahuenga signed on January 13, 1847. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, ending the Mexican War, was signed February 2, 1848 and California became a Territory of the United States. Between 1847 and 1849, California was run by the U.S. military.

  4. Conquest of California - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in February 1848, marked the end of the Mexican–American War. By the terms of the treaty, Mexico formally ceded Alta California along with its other northern territories east through Texas, receiving US$15,000,000 (equivalent to $528,230,769 in 2023) in exchange. This largely unsettled territory ...

  5. Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana - Wikipedia

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    With the Mexican Cession of California to the United States following the Mexican–American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Santiago de Santa Ana was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, [ 11 ] [ 12 ] and the grant was ...

  6. Rancho San Diego Island - Wikipedia

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    Rancho San Diego Island (also called "Peninsula of San Diego") was a 4,185-acre (16.94 km 2) Mexican land grant in present day San Diego County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to Pedro C. Carrillo. [1] The grant consisted of the strip of land lying between the San Diego Bay and the Pacific Ocean, which was initially referred to ...

  7. Aboriginal title in California - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Mexico ceded California to the US in 1848 pursuant to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.Under Article Eight of that treaty, the United States agreed to respect the hundreds of land grants, many quite substantial, granted by the Spanish and Mexican governments to private landowners. [5]

  8. Rancho Buena Vista (Soberanes) - Wikipedia

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    With the cession of California to the United States following the Mexican-American War, the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo provided that the land grants would be honored. As required by the Land Act of 1851, a claim for Rancho Buena Vista was filed with the Public Land Commission in 1852, [ 4 ] [ 5 ] and the grant was patented to José ...

  9. Botiller v. Dominguez - Wikipedia

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    Botiller v. Dominguez, 130 U.S. 238 (1889), was a decision by the United States Supreme Court dealing with the validity of Spanish or Mexican land grants in the Mexican Cession, the region of the present day southwestern United States that was ceded to the U.S. by Mexico in 1848 under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.