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Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo ending the U.S. Mexican War and ceding Texas, California and most of Arizona and New Mexico to the United States for $15 million dollars. |
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US Senate officially ends Mexican War (1846-1848) with Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. |
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Freshman congressman Abraham Lincoln gives his first speech as a member of the House of Representatives against the Mexican War. |
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Gen. Winfield Scott captures Molino del Rey. |
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Santa Anna asks for an armistice during the U.S. Mexican War as General Winfield Scott closes in on Mexico City. |
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The U.S. State Department's Nicholas P. Trist begins peace negotiations with Mexico through a British intermediary. |
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Col. Alexander Doniphan occupies the city of Chihuahua during the U.S. Mexican War. |
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Col. Alexander Doniphan moving from El Paso, TX defeats Mexican forces at Sacramento Creek, Mexico. |
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Taylor, having ignored Winfield Scott's orders to march on Vera Cruz, marches west to Buena Vista and defeats a Mexican army of 15000 untrained peasants. Taylor's victories are trumpeted in the press, assuring he will run for President. |
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U.S. commanding General Winfield Scott orders a force of 9,000 of Gen. Zachary Taylor's men to assault the Mexican fortress city of Vera Cruz by land. Taylor will ignore this order. |
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U.S. General Zachary Taylor captures Saltillo, the capital city of Mexico's Coahuilla province. |
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The Mexican Army completes its evacuation of the city of Monterrey, after Taylor's victory. |
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Gen. Zachary Taylor captures the city of Monterrey, Mexico but allows the Mexican Army to evacuate the city. |
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U.S. Col. Stephen W. Kearney becomes military governor of Santa Fe and establishes a provisional civilian government within one month. |
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U.S. Col. Stephen Watts Kearney arrives in Las Vegas, Nevada and announces the U.S. annexation of New Mexico. He takes control of Santa Fe without firing a shot. |
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Forces under Commodore John Drake Sloat occupy Monterey and Yerba Buena, the U.S. annexation of California begins. |
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American settlers in Sonoma. California led by John C. Fremont commence the Bear Flag rebellion against Mexico and proclaim the California Republic. |
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U.S. President James K. Polk submits a treating with the UK setting the boundary between Canada and the United States at 49 degrees north latitude. Eliminating the threat of war with Great Britian over the jointly controlled Oregon Territory, Polk can concentrate on the Mexican invasion. |
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General Zachary Taylor captures Monterrey, Mexico during the Mexican-American War. |
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U.S. officially declares war on México, 2 months after fighting begins. |
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Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the Mexican American War. |
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Mexican cavalry enter an area claimed by both the US and Mexico and surround a scouting party led by Gen. Zachary Taylor. Fighting ensues and leads to the Mexican American War. |
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