treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is a really well know history that occur here in California, for some people it well be Mexico because we must all know that years ago this was not California it was Mexico. With the treaty this became California but I believe that we should all be informed of where we live and where we grow up and it's history, I believe this because we all should have some knowledge of things that we consider important to us. The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was something really important to Mexico and the United States because the treaty was an option for a peaceful ending of the war. The treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the war on February 2, 1848, the treaty was the one that shaped the history of Mexico and United States. In the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo the is 18 articles and the 1 article says “There shall be firm and universal peace between the United States of America and the Mexican Republic, and between their respective countries, territories, cities, towns, and people, without exception of places or persons.” They (the United States and Mexico) did end the war in peace but their counties, territories, cities, towns, and people didn't have the peace they needed. The reason why they didn't have the peace they wanted was because when the war ended the United States end with the moral superiority and took the stand of manifest destiny and took almost half of Mexico. Therefore the peace that everyone wanted was not there because after the United States had what they want they came up with the citizenship that basically meant that only the citizens where able to go be the the United States and the Mexicans had to be in the Mexico and couldn't pass what is know known as the border. The borders where made of 53 markers and of stones. The United States took control of everything that was once Mexico in the summer of 1846. Persistent Polk said that it was time that Mexico had its own independence but in reality he