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.
The Mexican War, Turning Point in U.S. History. Outcome/ Who Won? After the two years of battle, the Americans won the Mexican War. They took control over Texas and it became a better known U.S. territory. So Why is this a Turning Point in American History? There are several reasons why the Mexican War was a turning point in American history. One example is that the Mexican War gave the U.S. a significant increase of land on the west. This also led the Americans to follow there beliefs that America had to extend from the Atlantic to the Pacific.