... for independence, and Texas became a United States territory. The Texas victory paved the way for the Mexican?American War. This war (1846?1848) terminated with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, in which Mexico accepted the Rio Grande River as the Texas border and ceded territory in the Southwest to the United States for many millions of dollars. The ceded territory incorporated the present?day states of California, New Mexico, and Nevada and some part ... one end of the continuum or warm, nurturing, and cohesive on the other end. The three main characteristics of the Mexican American fa...

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