General obligation bonds are a type of municipal government bond, which is government debt issued to raise money to finance public improvements. A general obligation bond is a municipal bond backed by the credit and taxing power of the issuing jurisdiction, rather than the revenue from a given project.
The Mexican-American War began because of a clash between the Mexican Army and the US Army in the disputed border area called the Neuces Strip (See the Thornton Affair-see Related Link shown below).
Confidence votes 18. The Mexican-American War (not to be confused with the Spanish American War) was fought from 1846 to 1848 and ended with the capture of Mexico City. The war officially ended on February 2nd, 1848 with the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in Mexico City by the collapsed Mexican Government.