Today in history: May 19,1848 Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the Mexican-American war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for $15 million. The discovery of gold in California a week before the treaty was signed did not become known in Mexico until August 1848. via

Today in history: May 19,1848

Mexico ratifies the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo thus ending the Mexican-American war and ceding California, Nevada, Utah and parts of four other modern-day U.S. states to the United States for $15 million.

The discovery of gold in California a week before the treaty was signed did not become known in Mexico until August 1848.

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