During The War with Mexico what territorie did Mexicans have?

Answer 1

It's best to answer this by looking back at Spanish America. The original Mexico was the area ruled by the Aztecs and conquered by Cortes. That defined the southern boundary.

During the Spanish period, it extended northward up the California coast by Cabrillo (1534) and into the southwestern U.S. as far as Missouri by the Coronado expedition (1540). That represents the greatest expansion of nominal Mexican territory.

The 1803 Louisiana Purchase reduced the size somewhat, because part of the Missouri River basin had been claimed by Spain. In fact, the Spanish unsuccessfully tried to intercept the Lewis & Clark expedition in 1804-06.

In the 1700s, Spanish missions were established in California as far north as Sonoma, north of San Francisco Bay, in Arizona/New Mexico, and in Texas. The northern California border was established by the Adams-Onis Treaty (1819) between the U.S. and Spain.

Mexico became independent of Spain in 1821. Texas became independent of Mexico in 1836, but the Texas-Mexican border was disputed. Mexico claimed territory as far east as the Nueces River, while Texas claimed extension to the Rio Grande.

That's where matters stood at the time of the Mexican-American War.

The Republic of Texas was admitted as a state in 1845, and expansionist president James Polk stationed troops in the disputed territory west of the Nueces, thus instigating the Mexican War.

During that war: (a) Gen. Winfield Scott invaded at Vera Cruz and captured Mexico City; (b) Gen. Zachary Taylor invaded Mexico from the north; (c) Gen. Stephen Kearny crossed the Sonoran Desert from Ft. Leavenworth to San Diego, passing through Santa Fe and claiming New Nexico, Arizona, and southern California; (d) Col. John Fremont and Commodore Robert Stockton seized northern California (Sonoma and Monterey) and southern California (San Diego and Los Angeles).

The Treaty of Guadelupe Hidalgo ended the war and transferred west Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California, and portions of Nevada, Utah, and Colorado to the United States. A relatively small strip of southern New Mexico and Arizona was added about five years later by the Gadsden Purchase to satisfy American transcontinental railroad interests.

Answer 2

About half of what today is the USA.
Texas, California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Utah.
In the map I posted here texas already appears as pasrt of the USA. But you can imagine how it looked right after Mexico gained independence from Spain and before the texas rebellion.

Answer 3

confident. on the tip of the conflict u . s . payed Mexico $15 million. i'm guessing you attempt to declare Mexicans some how own that land now some how, yet how did Mexico get that land in the 1st place. in case you decide directly to apply the previous to be certain who owns what then solid luck. for the period of historical past territory and bounds and grown and reduced in size and shifted. i will assure if Mexico had taken some land from u . s . they could be asserting to comparable factor if we've been demanding the land decrease back.

Answer 4

Mostly Mexico

Answer 5

Depends on what war-- Texas, California? Mexico had vast holdings.

Answer 6

Texas was still a possession of Mexico.

Answer 7

I think it was Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, and California. It could be more.

Answer 8

Can you imagine that, tha Frito Bandito ! And Pancho Villa -:)

Answer 9

Carni-asada borrito or carne asada fries and those are really good even though im filipino...hahahah

Answer 10

tu