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People v. de la Guerra, 40 Cal. 311 (1870), was a landmark case in the California Supreme Court that upheld the right of Mexicans in California to run for public office on the grounds that the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo granted United States citizenship to all Mexicans residing in California should they want it.
In the United States, the 1.36 million km 2 (530,000 sq mi) of the area between the Adams-Onís and Guadalupe Hidalgo boundaries outside the 1,007,935 km 2 (389,166 sq mi) claimed by the Republic of Texas is known as the Mexican Cession. That is to say, the Mexican Cession is construed not to include any territory east of the Rio Grande, while ...
Estimates of the number who moved to Mexico between 1929 and 1939 range from 300,000 and 2 million, [5] with most estimates placing the number at between 500,000 and 1 million. [10] The highest estimate comes from Mexican media reports at the time. [6]: 150 The vast majority of repatriation occurred in the early 1930s, with the peak year in 1931.
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1847 Dirsturnell map of the US and Mexico 1857 map of Rio Grande/Rio Bravo border of the US and Mexico 1893 map showing surveys of Colorado River by both the US and the Mexican Boundary Commissions. The Joint United States and Mexican Boundary Commission was stipulated by the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo which ended the Mexican–American War in ...
The United States paid $15 million ($482 million in 2016 dollars) for the damage caused by the war in Mexico's territory and agreed to assume $3.25 million in debts to US citizens. [ 2 ] The Mexican Cession as ordinarily understood (i.e. excluding lands claimed by Texas) amounted to 525,000 square miles (1,400,000 km 2 ), or 14.9% of the total ...
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California Senator William M. Gwin presented a bill that was approved by the Senate and the House and became law on March 3, 1851. [2]: 100 [1] [3]That for the purpose of ascertaining and settling private land claims in the State of California, a commission shall be, and is hereby, constituted, which shall consist of three commissioners, to be appointed by the President of the United States ...