Title: Mexican–American War - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Headings: Mexican–American War
Mexican–American War
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Contents
[ edit] Background
[ edit] Republic of Texas
[ edit] Opening hostilities
[ edit] Declaration of war
[ edit] War in California
[ edit] War in Northeastern Mexico
[ edit] Scott's campaign
[ edit] Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
[ edit] Combatants
[ edit] Results
[ edit] See also
[ edit] Footnotes
[ edit] References
[ edit] Primary Sources
[ edit] Secondary Sources
[ edit] Surveys
[ edit] Military
[ edit] Political and Diplomatic
[ edit] External links

Content: In Mexico, the war was considered a matter of national pride. The most important consequence of the war was the Mexican Cession, in which the Mexican territories of California and New Mexico were ceded to the United States. In Mexico, the enormous loss of territory which resulted from the war encouraged the central government to enact policies to colonize its northern territories as a hedge against further losses. Contents
[ edit] Background
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna attempted to assert Mexican control over that country's most distant provinces in the years preceding the war. Prior to the Mexican-American War, what is now Texas was the northernmost province of Mexico. Texas and other northern territories of Mexico were visited by mountain men from the U.S. and tradesmen who traversed the Santa Fe Trail. U.S. citizens were already in California, coming by way of the California Trail, and U.S. ships had been exchanging goods for hides and tallow along the coast of California. For the 25 years subsequent to Mexico's independence from the Spanish Empire, this area had been a part of the first Mexican republic (1823-1861) or the First Mexican Empire (1822-1823) that preceded it. The Spanish Empire had acquired these territories by conquering of the Aztec Empire and various other Native American peoples. In the years following the Louisiana Purchase by the United States, U.S. settlers began to move westward into Spanish territory, encouraged by Spanish land grants and the United States government.