Mexican+Cession

**MEXICAN CESSION 1848** The end of the Mexican-American war was marked by the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hialgo, where Mexico surrendered after the fall of its capital.Under the terms of Treaty, Mexico ceded most of California new Mexico and parts of several other states, and recognized its borders with the US was the Rio Grande. The United States paid Mexico $15,000,000 for the acquisition of the land. The territory was called the Mexican Cession.