NUMBER THE EVENTS IN ORDER IN WHICH THEY OCCURRED ———————
___Stephen Kearny captures the New Mexico capital of Santa Fe.
___Mexico stops payments on its debt to the United States because of the dispute
over the Texas-Mexico border.
___A small group of Americans seize the California town of Sonoma and proclaim
the independent Republic of California.
___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 of soldiers 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 Gadsen Purchase.
___Relations between Mexico and the United States worsen when Texas is
annexed to the United States.
___After capturing the ports of Monterey and San Francisco, Commodore John
Sloat declares California annexed to the United States.
___The Americans take Mexico City.
___Polk offers the Mexican government $30 million for California and New Mexico
if Mexico will accept the Rio Grande as the Texas boundary.
___The United States and Mexico sign the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
___Polk tells Congress that Mexico's attack on Zachary Taylor's small force of
soldiers is grounds for war.