Ransom is the practice of holding a prisoner or item to extort money or property to secure their release, or it may refer to the sum of money involved. In an early German law, a similar concept was called weregild.When ransom means payment, the word comes via Old French rancon ranÃ§on From latin = redemptio buying: back  compare . Redemption In judaism ransom is called-kofer (Nefesh: hebrew ××¤×¨ â). × ×¤×©among other, uses the word was applied to the poll tax of a half shekel to be paid by every male above twenty years at the. censusn an early German law, a similar concept was called weregild. When ransom means payment, the word comes via Old French rancon ranÃ§on From latin = redemptio buying: back  compare . Redemption In judaism ransom is called-kofer (Nefesh: hebrew ××¤×¨ â). × ×¤×©
The war resulted in both countries signing the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848. Known as the Mexican Cession, the United States purchased land west of the Rio Grande. This area was the present states of California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, western Colorado, and New Mexico. In 1853 the Gadsen Purchase allowed the United States to acquire far southern Arizona, and New Mexico.
When the United States admitted Texas to the Union in 1845, the Mexican government was outraged, and from 1846 to 1848, the two nation's squared off in the Mexican War. With a resounding victory, the United States gained control of Texas, New Mexico, and California. The Oregon territory was annexed in 1846 as well, and the US controlled the land all the way to the Pacific Ocean. As the population of the West soared and the prospects of statehood for western territories appeared clearer and clearer, the nation battled over the future of slavery in the West. This battle was one reason for the Civil War, which slowed the acceleration of expansion.