The first record of this stingray in Southern California waters was in autumn 1959, after nine years of supposedly subnormal water temperatures. The distribution off California was determined from by-catch of the California drift gill-net fishery for swordfish form 1990 to 1999 which was conducted around 32 degrees to 42 degrees North. ... These specimens were caught on research cruises between Central America and Baja California. The author of the attached article also included 65 rays caught on a shark-abundance cruise in the Southern California Bight, November 24, 1994. Apparently the C...

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In fact, the entire southwestern area of the US, including California, Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and parts of New Mexico, Colorado, Wyoming, Texas, Oklahoma, and Kansas, once belonged to Mexico. ... Mexico had no choice but to sign the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo, which "forced Mexico to cede all of California and New Mexico to the United States" (Davidson 291). ... Although this war caused conflict and bloodshed with our southern neighbor, Mexico, it also made America one of the greatest nations of the world. ...

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Most of these settlers were slave-holding plantation owners from the southern United States. ... Additionally, they were committed to annexing New Mexico and California to the United States. ... Mexico capitulated and ceded California and New Mexico to America in the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. ... They still wanted California and New Mexico, and virtually instigated war in order to acquire those territories as well. ...

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Kelp also serves as a buffer by absorbing energy from waves before the waves hit the shoreline, protecting many of the sandy beaches along the California coast. ... The majority of grey whales leave the Bering Sea in the North Pacific in mid-November to mid-December to make the long trip down to the warm waters of Baja California and the Gulf of California. ... These groups include the whales living in the North Pacific, those in the North Atlantic and those in the Southern Hemisphere. ... The current population of sea otters in California is about 3,000, primarily distributed from just south ...

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Van Buren's action angered the Southern delegates he was campaigning to for the Democratic nomination. ... The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo turned over New Mexico and California to the United States for $15 Million, established the Rio Grande as the border between Texas and Mexico, and promised that the U.S. government would assume substantial claims of American citizens against Mexico. The United States gained 500,00 square miles of land as a result of the Mexican American war in the area of the present day states of California, Utah, New Mexico, Nevada, Arizona, and parts of Colorado a...

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Garcia is a seasonal migrant worker who for six to eight months out of the year, lives in the southern Indiana area. ... According to a link on the University of Southern California's website, Day of the Dead has become more and more popular through art shows. ...

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Many believe that President Polk, with his aggressive promises and desire to gain California at all costs, was the main cause of the Mexican-American War. ... A last suspected cause for the war is the desire of the southern states to gain more slave states. ...

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Instead Polk made Slidell permanent minister and instructed him to open negotiations for the sale of California. ... Polk was very anxious to purchase California from Mexico and he knew that Mexico would refuse to give it up. ... When Lincoln was elected, Southern states were convinced that he would abolish slavery. ... Polk wanted both California and Mexico and he did, but the war dragged on too long with many lives lost and more money than he wanted to use. ...

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Mexico had inherited the provinces of California, New Mexico and Texas from Spain. ... At this time, Mexican territory included present-day Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada, the western and southern portions of Colorado, and California. ... The southern boundary of Texas had always been the Nueces River and still was to Mexico, but the United States extended the boundary to claim all the territory north of the Rio Grande (Mexican-American War (Causes)). ...

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What became in time the Hispano homeland, the Upper Rio Grande, is a vast arid region defined by a life-giving river that descends from the steep southern ranges of the Rocky Mountains through the barren plateaus of the north to the Chihuahuan desert of the south. ... In 1848, The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ceded the Southwest, from Texas to California, to the United States. ...

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It also shows the reason why California will net the next state of the Unites States. ... According of the Background Essay, when it says " In July 1845, he sent 70 American troops under General Zachary Taylor into the disputed area of the Southern Texas. ...

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5/11/03 There are many different explanations why the United States is the world superpower it is today and Mexico, while sharing a border, is still merely a developing country. The main reasons, which effected the economic development of both countries, include the cohesion of the country, the natural wealth of the land and the nation's history. All of these factors were in some way influenced by religion. This is obvious after taking a look at the early history and culture of the countries. The biggest contributing issue as to why Mexico is poor is that from the very beginning the cou...

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By the 15th century, the Aztecs had become the preeminent power in central and southern Mexico. ... Viceroyalties began to expand lands into Texas and California, but New Spain's empire had collapsed. ...

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