Is it true that California was once a part of Mexico?

Question

If so, then how come its a part of U.S. now?

Answer 1

look it up on this california.com

Answer 2

youre really stupid california ,nevada ,new mexico ,and a few other state were part of mexico but i forgot which president wanted to expand and got all the states to be american r****d learn your history idiot

Answer 3

Yes California , Arizona and Texas and New Mexico all were.

Read a Bio of Santa Anna (Wikipedia)

Answer 4

yes it was. It was once part of spain which controlled mexico but they got independence and then they owned it. then the u.s. attacked mexico in the mexican war and demanded land. they got california, arizona, new mexico, and texas. u.s. wanted the gulf of california but mexico but mexico wouldnt give it up. this happened way before world war 1.

Answer 5

Yes it was. California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas.Nevada and even Oregon and parts of Colorado.

Answer 6

Yes it is true, California, Texas, Nuevo Mexico were part of Mexico before 1900

Please check the Article of Baja California Sur Mexico "Los Cabos "   in

http://myperfecttravelsite.info/

Answer 7

Todays California was called  Alta (upper) California, it was part of Mexico until 1848, the other part of California is Baja(lower) California which still part of Mexico, In that year after the Mexican war Mexico lost what is todays California, Nevada, Utah, Colorado, New Mexico, Arizona and the south part of Wyoming.....the treaty was called GUADALUPE HIDALGO,

Oregón was lost but to the english when Mexico was still part of Spain and Mexico was called Nueva España in the early 1700´s..

Answer 8

Yes.

Answer 9

yes Spanish-American war

Answer 10

lol.... yeah it was part of México, but the stupid Mexican president Santa Ana sold that to the states.

Answer 11

yes it is when the missionarys were here and we were in newengland

Answer 12

yes, so was texas, nevada, new mexico and arizona. the U.S. took that land after a war with mexico. thats why there are a lot of mexican americans living in that region. not all of us are 1st or 2nd generation americans.

Answer 13

all freakin southwest was part of mexico..then they had the mexican-american war and us won and all of it became U.S.duh havent u learned this in history class?

Answer 14

Yes it's true. In the 1840s the US waged war against Mexico and confiscated about half of Mexico's territory.