What territories did the United States acquire in the Mexican Gession ?

Under the terms of the treaty negotiated by Trist, Mexico ceded to the United States Upper California and New Mexico. This was known as the Mexican Cession and included present-day Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Utah, Nevada, and Colorado (see Article V of the treaty).Oct 13, 2020

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the articles of confederation placed most of the power on the feds