It subsequently illegally invaded Indigenous territory in the west ... In 1848, President Zachary Taylor proposed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to Congress to annex Mexican lands.

the war between the United States and Mexico formally ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. It provided for Mexico's cession of the territory that became the states of New ...

The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo sealed the American victory in ... Mexico gave up its hold over New Mexico and California. The enormous territory included present-day California, Nevada, Utah ...

Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed in the village of Guadalupe Hidalgo on Feb. 2, 1848, ending the Mexican War and extending the boundaries of the United States west to the Pacific Ocean.

was organized as a separate territory on Feb. 24, 1863. The U.S. acquired the region under the terms of the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and the 1853 Gadsden Purchase. Arizona became the ...