![]() ![]() The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was finally signed on February 2, 1848, designating the Rio Grande (rather than the Nueces River) as the border between the United States and Mexico. The Mexican-American Conflict, fought between 1846 and the beginning of 1848, cost the United States $2.72 billion, making it the eleventh-most expensive war in American history. ![]() It was caused by a disagreement about where Texas officially ended (the Mexican claim) and the annexation of the Republic of Texas by the United States in 1845. Given that Mexico gained freedom only two decades back, the Mexican soil was unprepared and politically divided when the United States’ army pitted in. ![]() The Mexican-American war (1846-1848) was an attempt of the United States to acquire the territory of Mexico under its doctrine of “Manifest Destiny”. This happened about the time when the Mexican-American war was coming to a conclusion. ![]()
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