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  2. Territorial evolution of the United States - Wikipedia

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    American Samoa was acquired by the United States in 1900 after the end of the Second Samoan Civil War. [5] The United States purchased the U.S. Virgin Islands from Denmark in 1917. [6] Puerto Rico and Guam remain territories, and the Philippines became independent in 1946, after being a major theater of World War II.

  3. Mexican–American War - Wikipedia

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    The MexicanAmerican War, [a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, [b] was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory because it refused to recognize ...

  4. Mexican Cession - Wikipedia

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    The Mexican Cession (Spanish: Cesión mexicana) is the region in the modern-day western United States that Mexico previously controlled, then ceded to the United States in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 after the MexicanAmerican War. This region had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande that had been claimed by the ...

  5. Territorial evolution of Mexico - Wikipedia

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    Territorial evolution of Mexico from 4 October 1824 to 8 October 1974. Map of Mexico in 1828. Mexico has experienced many changes in territorial organization during its history as an independent state. The territorial boundaries of Mexico were affected by presidential and imperial decrees. One such decree was the Law of Bases for the ...

  6. Territorial evolution of North America since 1763 - Wikipedia

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    Territorial evolution of North America of non- native nation states from 1750 to 2008. The 1763 Treaty of Paris ended the major war known by Americans as the French and Indian War and by Canadians as the Seven Years' War / Guerre de Sept Ans, or by French-Canadians, La Guerre de la Conquête. It was signed by Great Britain, France and Spain ...

  7. Mexico–United States relations - Wikipedia

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    The United States of America shares a unique and often complex relationship with the United Mexican States. With shared history stemming back to the Texas Revolution (1835–1836) and the MexicanAmerican War (1846–1848), several treaties have been concluded between the two nations, most notably the Gadsden Purchase, and multilaterally with Canada, the North American Free Trade Agreement ...

  8. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo - Wikipedia

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    The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo[a] officially ended the MexicanAmerican 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 ...

  9. Conquest of California - Wikipedia

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    The Mormon Battalion served from July 1846 to July 1847 during the MexicanAmerican War. The battalion was a volunteer unit of between 534 [6] [7] and 559 [8] Latter-day Saints men, who were led by Mormon company officers and commanded by regular United States Army senior officers.