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This marks the end of the Mexican-American war with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe and enforced the Mexican Cession of the northern territories of Alta California and Santa Fe de Nuevo México to the United States.(https://www.history.com/topics/mexican-american-war/treaty-of-guadalupe-hidalgo)
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in 1862 after the civil war has started confederate troops start to advance into northern New Mexico however they get defeated at Glorieta Pass forcing them to retreat back to Texas(http://newmexicohistory.org/people/confederate-army-in-santa-fe)
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Kit Carson Defeats the Navajos whom are then forced to walk to Bosque Redondo(https://www.legendsofamerica.com/na-navajolongwalk/)
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the Lincoln county war was a conflict between rival cattle barons that started with the death of John Tunstall(https://www.legendsofamerica.com/nm-lincolncountywar/)
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With the death of Billy the kid at the hands of sheriff Pat Garrett ending the war(https://www.legendsofamerica.com/nm-lincolncountywar/)
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New Mexico had proposed that they both enter the union as one state however Arizona voters reject the plan