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America accepts Texas from Mexico and adds it to the Union
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Polk sends John Slidell to Mexico to buy New Mexico and California, but the Mexican press found out.
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General Taylor's army marches to Rio Grande where the territory is both Mexico's and the United States's.
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Taylor requests in a letter to Polk to ask Congress to declare war on Mexico.
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Taylor's army wins and drives Mexicans back across the Rio Grande.
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U.S. occupies and takes over Mexico City.
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Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed by negotiaters and is rushed to Washington D.C.
