Thesis: Show How Mexico Lost An Enormous Territory To The U.S. In 1848.

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acquire what they wanted. Troops were sent to the land between
the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers. General Taylor was ordered to protect the
Grande River. When in 1846, Mexican troops attacked them, war had commenced.
Though Mexico believed they would win easily, they were greatly wrong. The
capturing of Mexico city by the U.S. made them the conquerors over their
enemy. In consequence, the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo was made in 1848.
Mexico was to give up California and New mexico for only 13,000,000. It was
the Manifest destiny that had started the war. U.S.A. now had what it
focused on territorially, and thus Manifest destiny had been fulfilled.

In summary, the war against Mexico made them more stronger
territorially. From the Louisiana purchase to the war with Mexico, the
U.S.A had become a more powerful country as a result of the war, while
Mexico became smaller territorially, and the Amerindians too became smaller
in terms of their ...

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