The flag of Mexico has become ubiquitous on the streets of America as a protest symbol against Donald Trump and his government’s immigration policies. Which makes sense given that many people in Texas ...

The story of how the United States took California and Texas from Mexico is a complex tale of war, politics, and expansionism ...

On the same day, California — with its current boundaries — was admitted to the Union as a free state. At that point, the boundaries of the New Mexico Territory embraced most of present - day ...

As the protests continue, Mexico's flag has made several appearances. However, the waving of this flag expands beyond support ...

When the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed on Feb. 2, 1848, Mexico ceded about half of its territory to the United States, mainly parts of what are now Arizona, California, New Mexico and Texas.

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo sealed the American victory in 1848. In return for ... Mexico gave up its hold over New Mexico and California. The enormous territory included present-day ...

When Mexico gained its independence from Spain in 1821, the new country’s northernmost holding was the sparsely populated territory ... for California in the decades leading-up to the 1848 ...

Polk saw the Union’s acquisition of Texas, California ... New Mexico, most of Arizona and Colorado, and parts of Oklahoma, Kansas, and Wyoming to the U.S. The acquisition of this expansive ...

On July 7, 1846, the U.S. officially annexed California ... Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming. Mexico received $15 million in the arrangement but saw the size of its territory halved.

The 1848 agreement ... ceded over half of Mexico’s national territory to its northern neighbor. Through the treaty, the United States acquired much of what is now California, Nevada, Utah ...