HIST 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 33: Santa Fe, New Mexico, California Republic, Wilmot Proviso
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Polk sends john slidell to mexico city"s gov"t to (1) persuade mexico to sell the. California and new mexico territories to the us (mx says no) and (2) settle the disputed mexico-texas border (mx says nueces river, polk and slidell say rio. Polk ordered general zachary taylor to move army toward the rio grande. 4/24/1864: mx army cross rio, capture an american army patrol, kill11 polk uses this to justify sending already prep"d war message to congress while n. Mostly in mx territory in small armies < 1500. Stephen kearney takes santa fe, new mexico territory, s cali; john c fremont takes n cali (ca is indep: bear flag republic); zach taylor wins at buena vista; Winfield scott takes vera cruz and captures mx city. Treaty of guadalupe hidalgo (1848): (1) mexico recognized the rio grande as the s border of tx; (2) the us took possession of ca and nmx provinces (mxcan cession) for mil.
