Though it had only been a part of the United States for less than two years, California becomes the 31st state in the union (without ever even having been a territory) on this day in 1850.
Mexico had reluctantly ceded California and much of its northern territory to the United States in the 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,.
Read more at:
http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/california-becomes-the-31st-state-in-record-time
No comments:
Post a Comment