When the United States offered Mexico $25 million for upper California and lower (Baja) California, Mexico decided to pass on the deal. As a result the Mexican-American war started on May 11, 1846. After 2 years of fighting, much of it located in Mulege and La Paz, a peace treaty was drafted in 1848. The U.S. now offered $15 million for the Californias. In a classic counter-offer proposal Mexico agreed to let the U.S. have upper California and New Mexico if it could keep Baja.
Screw the 'it's their land' idea. the US only wanted Baja, a much smaller land and Peninsula!
Then someone told me after the Gadsen purchase, we were offered Baja for $15,000,00 and WE SAID NO!!!
2006-10-01
15:37:32
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