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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was the Peace Treaty that ended the Mexican-American War (1846–1848). The treaty provided for the Mexican Cession , in which Mexico Ceded 1.36 million km&2 (525,000 square miles) to the United States in exchange for USD$ 15 million. The United States also agreed to take over $3.25 million in debts Mexico owed to American citizens. The cession included parts of the modern-day U.S. State s of Colorado , Arizona , New Mexico , and Wyoming , as well as the whole of California , Nevada , and Utah . The remaining parts of what are today the states of Arizona and New Mexico were later ceded under the 1853 Gadsden Purchase . The treaty was signed by Nicholas P. Trist on behalf of the United States and three Plenipotentiary representatives of Mexico on February 2 1848 , at the Villa of Guadalupe (today Gustavo A. Madero, D.F. ), slightly north of Mexico City . It was subsequently ratified by the United States Senate on March 10 and by the Mexican government on May 19 ; the countries' ratifications were duly exchanged on May 30 1848 , at the city of Santiago De Querétaro . SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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