Elements of civil government by Mowry William Augustus 1829-

Author:Mowry, William Augustus, 1829- [from old catalog]
Language: eng
Format: epub, pdf
Publisher: New York, Boston [etc.] Silver, Burdett & co.
Published: 1892-03-25T05:00:00+00:00

tory north and east of this Hne, and the United States relinquished to her all claim to the territory west and south of the line. This treaty gave us a stronger claim to the Oregon country, while we relinquished to Spain whatever claims we might have had to Texas.

Annexation of Texas. — Texas declared herself independent of Mexico in 1836; and in 1845, by joint resolution of Congress, ratified by the government of Texas, she was annexed to the United States.

Purchase of Mexican Provinces. — The war

with Mexico followed; and at the conclusion of that war, our army being entirely victorious, and having captured the city of Mexico, a treaty was made between us and that country by which Mexico relinquished to us her provinces of New Mexico and Upper California, for which we paid the sum of fifteen million dollars. In 1853, through General Gadsden, we purchased from Mexico an additional strip of territory called the Masilla Valley, south of the Gila River, and now known as the Gadsden Purchase. For this strip we paid Mexico the sum of ten million dollars.

The Discovery of Gold. — Almost simultaneously with the news of the treaty with Mexico came the report of the discovery of gold in

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