The Hidden Legacy of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo: 7 States Born from War
Imagine a vast land of mountains, deserts, and rivers. This land stretched from the Rocky Mountains to the Pacific Ocean. It belonged to Mexico. Then, in 1848, everything changed. The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the Mexican-American War. It gave the United States a huge chunk of the West. This included Colorado, Texas, New Mexico,…