Title: Battle of Resaca de le Palma/Battle of Palo Alto Description: Battle of Resaca de le Palma/Battle of Palo Alto; engraving depicting the Battle of Resaca de le Palma (May 9, 1846) and the Battle of Palo Alto (May 8, 1846), two engagements between U.S. and Mexican forces early in the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); Mexico suffered heavy loses in the battles; the war was a U.S. and Mexican territorial dispute between the Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers that led to open war between the two countries on May 13, 1846; the war ended with U.S. troops in possession of California, the Southwest, northern Mexico, and central Mexico from Veracruz to Mexico City; in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Mexico ceded to the U.S. the territories of California and New Mexico and all the land up to the Rio Grande River, and also relinquished its claim to Texas; in return, the U.S. paid Mexico $15 million; Category: Mexican-American War Keywords: Battle of Resaca de la Palma, Mexico, Battle of Palo Alto, Mexico, battles, Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), 1840s. Orientation: Panorama Dimensions: 2700 x 872 (2.35 MPixels) (3.10) Print Size: 22.9 x 7.4 cm; 9.0 x 2.9 inches File Size: 6.77 MB (7,093,750 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038558 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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