Title: General Scott's Entrance into Mexico Description: General Scott's Entrance into Mexico; 1851 lithograph depicting the entrance into Mexico City of U.S. General Winfield Scott ( June 13, 1786-May 29, 1866) after he and his troops took the city on September 14, 1847 during the Mexican-American War (1846-1848); Mexico City's plaza and the Metropolitan Cathedral are pictured; 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: churches, Metropolitan Cathedral, Mexican War (1846-1848), Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico, Mexico City, Mexico, Texas, Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, United States, U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848), 1840s. Orientation: Landscape Dimensions: 2100 x 1200 (2.52 MPixels) (1.75) Print Size: 17.8 x 10.2 cm; 7.0 x 4.0 inches File Size: 7.24 MB (7,593,896 Bytes) Resolution: 300 x 300 dpi Color Depth: 16.7 million (24 BitsPerPixel) Compression: None Image Number: 0000038647 Source: Jay Robert Nash Collection
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