1845: Slaveholding Texas is annexed into the United States, sparking the Mexican War. By 1848, Mexico cedes more than half of its territory to the U.S., including New Mexico and California in ...

Print shows a scene from the Battle of Monterrey, led by General Zachary Taylor and General William J. Worth, during the Mexican-American War.1855. Library of Congress. In 1844, President James K.

In essence, if Mexico declared war on the U.S., it would be rewarded with its “lost territories”: Texas, New Mexico and Arizona. In another intercepted cable, Berlin asked Japan to change ...

Border Patrol agents exchanged gunfire with suspected Mexican cartel gunmen near Fronton Island, reigniting long-standing ...