| NOUN | act | Chapultepec | a pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847) |
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| Meaning | A pitched battle in the Mexican War that resulted in a major victory for American forces over Mexican forces at a locality south of Mexico City (1847). | |
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| Instance of | pitched battle | A fierce battle fought in close combat between troops in predetermined positions at a chosen time and place |
| Part of | Mexican War | After disputes over Texas lands that were settled by Mexicans the United States declared war on Mexico in 1846 and by treaty in 1848 took Texas and California and Arizona and New Mexico and Nevada and Utah and part of Colorado and paid Mexico $15,000,000 |
| Region | Mexico, United Mexican States | A republic in southern North America |
| Spanish | batalla de Chapultepec, Chapultepec | |
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