Did mexico sell texas. The united states went into war with mexico and the united states won so mexico had to sell the northern half of mexico texas to the united states for half the offer the united states offered. Its territory included much of the former new spain including spanish texas. Mexican war of independence.
Through the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo the republic of mexico had to sell california arizona colorado and new mexico and had to recognize that texas was now a part of the united states. In the treaty of guadalupe hidalgo in 1848 after the mexicanamerican warthis region had not been part of the areas east of the rio grande which had been claimed by the republic of texas though the texas annexation resolution two years earlier had not specified the southern. Mexico and its interior provinces in 1822 including the province of texas.
Mexican american war also called mexican war spanish guerra de 1847 or guerra de estados unidos a mexico war of the united states against mexico war between the united states and mexico april 1846february 1848 stemming from the united states annexation of texas in 1845 and from a dispute over whether texas ended at the nueces river mexican claim or the rio grande us. In 1845 united states pressed the mexican government to sell texas but mexico did not recognized the anexation to usa since ten years before and the war between thtis two nations began. Mexico sells land to the united states united states troops were out of mexico by mid june 1848.