Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: Difference between revisions
bibl |
add details, bibl |
||
| Line 4: | Line 4: | ||
The cession included parts of the modern-day [[U.S. state]]s of [[Colorado]], [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], and [[Wyoming]], as well as the whole of [[California]], [[Nevada]], and [[Utah]]. The remaining parts of what are today the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]] were later ceded under the 1853 [[Gadsden Purchase]]. |
The cession included parts of the modern-day [[U.S. state]]s of [[Colorado]], [[Arizona]], [[New Mexico]], and [[Wyoming]], as well as the whole of [[California]], [[Nevada]], and [[Utah]]. The remaining parts of what are today the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]] were later ceded under the 1853 [[Gadsden Purchase]]. |
||
The treaty was signed by [[Nicholas P. Trist]] on behalf of the United States and three [[plenipotentiary]] representatives of Mexico on [[February 2]] [[1848]], at the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo (today [[Gustavo A. Madero, D.F.]]), slightly north of [[Mexico City]]. It was subsequently ratified by the [[United States Senate]] on [[March 10]] and by the Mexican government on [[May 19]]; the countries' ratifications were duly exchanged on [[May 30]] [[1848]], at the city of [[Santiago de Querétaro]]. However, the version of the treaty ratified by the United States Senate eliminated Article 10, which stated that the U.S. government would honor and guarantee all land grants awarded in lands conquered by the United States to citizens of Spain and Mexico by those respective governments. |
The treaty was signed by [[Nicholas P. Trist]] on behalf of the United States and three [[plenipotentiary]] representatives of Mexico on [[February 2]] [[1848]], at the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo (today [[Gustavo A. Madero, D.F.]]), slightly north of [[Mexico City]]. It was subsequently ratified by the [[United States Senate]] on [[March 10]] and by the Mexican government on [[May 19]]; the countries' ratifications were duly exchanged on [[May 30]] [[1848]], at the city of [[Santiago de Querétaro]]. However, the version of the treaty ratified by the United States Senate eliminated Article 10, which stated that the U.S. government would honor and guarantee all land grants awarded in lands conquered by the United States to citizens of Spain and Mexico by those respective governments. Article 8, guaranteed that Mexicans who remained more than one year in the conquered lands would automatically become full-fledged American citizens (or they could declare their intention of remaining Mexican citizens.) |
||
==References== |
==References== |
||
* Griswold del Castillo, Richard. ''The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Legacy of Conflict.'' University of Oklahoma Press, 1990 |
|||
* Ohrt, Wallace. ''Defiant Peacemaker: Nicholas Trist in the Mexican War'' Texas A&M University Press, 1997 |
|||
* Jesse S. Reeves, "The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo," The ''American Historical Review'', 10 (Jan. 1905), 309-324, full text online at HSTOR |
* Jesse S. Reeves, "The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo," The ''American Historical Review'', 10 (Jan. 1905), 309-324, full text online at HSTOR |
||
| Line 16: | Line 18: | ||
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Guadalupe.html Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and related resources at the U.S. Library of Congress] |
* [http://www.loc.gov/rr/program/bib/ourdocs/Guadalupe.html Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo and related resources at the U.S. Library of Congress] |
||
* [http://www.azteca.net/aztec/guadhida.html Text of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo] |
* [http://www.azteca.net/aztec/guadhida.html Text of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo] |
||
* [http://academic.udayton.edu/race/02rights/guadalu.htm#Original%20ARTICLE%20X copy of Treaty, including sections stricken out by Senate] |
|||
{{Chicano/Mexican-American}} |
{{Chicano/Mexican-American}} |
||
Revision as of 11:23, 22 June 2006
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the peace treaty that ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The treaty provided for the Mexican Cession, in which Mexico ceded 1.36 million km² (525,000 square miles) to the United States in exchange for USD$15 million. The United States also agreed to take over $3.25 million in debts Mexico owed to American citizens.
The cession included parts of the modern-day U.S. states of Colorado, Arizona, New Mexico, and Wyoming, as well as the whole of California, Nevada, and Utah. The remaining parts of what are today the states of Arizona and New Mexico were later ceded under the 1853 Gadsden Purchase.
The treaty was signed by Nicholas P. Trist on behalf of the United States and three plenipotentiary representatives of Mexico on February 2 1848, at the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo (today Gustavo A. Madero, D.F.), slightly north of Mexico City. It was subsequently ratified by the United States Senate on March 10 and by the Mexican government on May 19; the countries' ratifications were duly exchanged on May 30 1848, at the city of Santiago de Querétaro. However, the version of the treaty ratified by the United States Senate eliminated Article 10, which stated that the U.S. government would honor and guarantee all land grants awarded in lands conquered by the United States to citizens of Spain and Mexico by those respective governments. Article 8, guaranteed that Mexicans who remained more than one year in the conquered lands would automatically become full-fledged American citizens (or they could declare their intention of remaining Mexican citizens.)
References
- Griswold del Castillo, Richard. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: A Legacy of Conflict. University of Oklahoma Press, 1990
- Ohrt, Wallace. Defiant Peacemaker: Nicholas Trist in the Mexican War Texas A&M University Press, 1997
- Jesse S. Reeves, "The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo," The American Historical Review, 10 (Jan. 1905), 309-324, full text online at HSTOR