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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