Number the events in the order in which they occurred, from earliest to latest. William Becknell reaches Santa Fe.
Mexico stops payment on its debt to the United States because of the dispute over the Texas-Mexico border.
Mexico wins its independence from Spain.
American families begin to arrive in California to settle.
Relations between Mexico and the United States worsen when Texas is annexed to the United States.
A small group of Americans seize the California town of Sonoma and proclaim the independent Republic of California.
Polk sends John Slidell to Mexico to offer the Mexican government $30 million for California and New Mexico if Mexico will accept the Rio Grande as the Texas boundary.
The United States controls all of California.
In an attempt to provoke Mexico, James K. Polk orders General Zachary Taylor to lead a small army across the disputed border.
Zachary Taylor secures the Texas border with a victory at Buena Vista.
The United States pays Mexico $10 million for the Gadsden Purchase.
The Americans take Mexico City.
The Unites States and Mexico sign the Treaty of Hidalgo.