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Texas is admitted to the Union afer much debate.
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John Sidel goes to Mexico to try to buy New Mexico and Califonia from them. His mission is leaked and he returns to the States empty handed.
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John Sidel is unable to see the Mexican President about buying the land, so the American Troops march to the Rio Grande to hold it.
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The United States declares war on Mexico. Congress grants President Polk ten million dollars and fifty thousand volenteers for the war.
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The American Army wins and drives the Mexican army back over the Rio Grande.
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It takes fourteen hours of fighting and Mexico City surrenders. The American Army captures it and holds it.
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The American Congress signed the treaty a couple months earlier, and the Mexican Congress just signed it. The treaty is now put in to place.
