1847 American forces under the command of Zachary Taylor defeated
Mexicans at Buena Vista.
1847 Winfield Scott’s army captured Veracruz and defeated
Mexicans at Cerro Gordo.
1847 Mexico City fell to American invaders.
1847 Richard M. Hoe invented the rotary printing press. With such
being able to print an entire sheet in one motion the printing process became faster and
easier.
1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo consigned California and New
Mexico to the United States.
