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The U.S. A my invades and captures New Mexico in the Mexican-American war and ended with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
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New Mexico became a territory of the United States
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the civil war began and confederate troops occupy southern New Mexico.
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The disastrous reservation at Bosque Redondo is closed as the Navajos sign a new treaty and return to their homeland in northwestern New Mexico.
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thousands of Apaches will be forced to relocate to San Carlos after the reservation is founded.
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John Tunstall is killed which starts the Lincoln county war.
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The Atchison, topeka, and Santa Fe Railroad builds the first tracks in New Mexico.
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Lincoln county war ended after the death of billy the kid.
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New Mexicans prove their loyalty to the United States by serving heroically in the spanish american war in the unit known as the Rough Riders.
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New Mexico finally achieves statehood
