Kamis, 27 Oktober 2016

How Zachary Taylor’s Death Changed the Course of American History

All of the land that Mexico owned north of the Rio Grande River was lost by them after the Mexican War, and with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe.  This included the current day states of Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Colorado, and California. The US government now believed that they owned the land, however …

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