Title: Mexican Cession History Territory Mexican Cession Summary US
Headings: Mexican Cession and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Introduction
Summary
Mexican War and Principal Battles Fought to Achieve Mexican Cession
B ackground
Mexican Cession and Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Aftermath
Analysis
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Content: The Mexican Cession, formally Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed on February 2, 1848, was a T reaty between the United States and Mexico that ended the Mexican  War. The Mexican Cession was signed at Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo, which is located in northern Mexico City, the  capital of Mexico. The Treaty established the boundary between the United States and Mexico at the Rio Grande and the  Gila River. For a payment of $15,000,000, including $3,000,000 in civilian claims, the United States received from  Mexico more than 525,000 square miles (1,360,000 square km) of land, which form the present-day states of Arizona, California, Nevada,  New Mexico, Texas, and Utah. and portions of the present-day states of Oklahoma, Colorado, Kansas, and Wyoming. Texas, however, bulked at the Mexican Cession. The Lone  Star State enjoyed a unique status because it was the only land included in the Mexican Cession that had already received  statehood from Washington some three years prior to the Treaty. Texans argued and claimed that it been a "republic" with  a recognized government several years prior to the Treaty, and to strengthen its position, Texas officials stated  that the United States had simultaneously annexed and granted it statehood on December 29, 1845, making it officially  part of the Union as the 28th US state, which was three years prior to the Cession. In fact, all parties were correct,  Texas was indeed a US state, but to formally establish the boundaries of Texas and to end hostilities and quell any future  legal proceedings, the United States officially included Texas in the Treaty with Mexico. In return the United States agreed to settle the more than $3,000,000  in claims made by U.S. citizens against Mexico.