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Texas wants to enter the Union for political pretection, the south is happy due to it's increase in cotton land.
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The President og Mexico Herrera was accused of going to sell land, because of this Herrara doesb't want to Negotiate.
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General Zachary Taylor leads his troops towards the Rio Grande which marked the contested land that was claimed by the Union and Mexico
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Congress agrees and allowes President Polk to declare war
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General Zachary Taylor 's invasion of Monterrey was a success.
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The Union captured Mexico City, which ended the war
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This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the war between the United States and Mexico. Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of modern day Arizona, California, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States.
