The Mexican-American War in Alta California ends with the signing of the Treaty of Cahuenga. At the Campo de Cahuenga, located in present-day Los Angeles, Lt. Colonel John C. Frémont and Mexican General Andrés Pico agreed to grant the Californios, Spanish-speaking settlers, American citizenship if they surrendered their weapons and chose to stay in California.
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