The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo gave control of northern Mexico to the United States. All of the lands in red (as seen on the map) were Mexican and became part of the United States as a result of...
Between 1846 and 1848, two neighbors, the United States and Mexico, went to war. It was a an event for both nations that redefined both and territories.By the end of the war, Mexico lost nearly hal...
Mexico's new constitution centralized the government's power. It also outlawed slavery in all Mexican territories. Mexico's first republican constitution was the Acta Constitutiva de la Federació...
Although Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, the peninsulares and criollos continued to dominate the country for years. Mexican Independence Day actually starts on the night of the 15th...
Spain and the United States signed the Adams-Onis Treaty. This treaty established the Mexico / United States boundary and gave Florida to the United States.
Two documents were drafted during the early independence struggle against Spain: Los sentimientos de la nación (1813), by José María Morelos y Pavón, and the Constitution of Apatzingán (1814). The...
15 years after conquest, the Spanish government established the Viceroyalty of New Spain and appointed the first Spanish viceroy, Antonio de Mendoza.
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