Eleven magical minutes that dazzled the world: Spectacular London fireworks display ushers in 2012. 1  250,000 revellers watched the display which included rockets shooting out from Big Ben. 2  The display cost Â£1.9m in total to stage and included 12,000 fireworks costing Â£274,000.
In War and Military History. Mexico lost 51% of their former territory to the United States. It included present day Texas, New Mexico, Arizona, California and most of Nevada, Utah, and part of Colorado. â¦ It started with the US violating a buffer zone on the border.
This treaty, signed on February 2, 1848, ended the Mexican-American war. By its terms, Mexico ceded 55 percent of its territory, including parts of present-day Arizona, Califo â¦ rnia, New Mexico, Texas, Colorado, Nevada, and Utah, to the United States.he United States gained the Mexican Secession as a result of the  treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. The Mexican Secession includes Modern-  Day Arizona, New Mexico, Utah, Nevada â¦ , and California. The U.S.  gained at least 1/2 of Mexico.   Follow me on soundcloud: Aweyk.