The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was a peace treaty that was completed on February 2, 1848. The treaty was written in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo. The treaty was between the United States and Mexico to end the Mexican American War. The defeat of the Mexican army and the fall of the Mexican capital led Mexico t begin talks to end the war. The treaty entitled the US to pay fifteen million dollars to Mexico and to pay off the dues of American citizens against Mexico. In return the treaty bequeathed the United States the Rio Grande as a border for Texas. The treaty also provided the US California, New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, Utah, Wyoming and Colorado. Mexicans in the annexed areas were given the choice of relocating to within Mexico's new boundaries
