The Mexican American War in 18 Forty Eight

In 18 forty eight, paul could pledge only to serve one term, and he kept his promise. So zachary taylor run against one of those democratic generals that polk had appointed. In return, the united states paid mexico 15 million dollars, and military rule ended in in june of 18 forty eight. And it's going to be Zachary taylor who's in charge, at first, until he died in office in 18 50,. A third of mexico has become part of the united states. Will those two areas, the territory of new mexico and the state of california, go to war? We'll talk about that next time