<span>It allowed the Allies to win back Japanese territory by island-hopping.</span>
A major cause of the Protestant Reformation was the sale of indulgences by the Catholic Church. Martin Luther began early in his writings criticizing this practice in saying that the Pope had no authority or right to sell this type of indulgence.
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which brought an official end to the Mexican-American War<span> (1846–48), was signed on February 2, 1848, at Guadalupe Hidalgo, a town near Mexico City. The U.S. paid Mexico $15 million and absorbed another $3 million in debts, and acquired New Mexico, Arizona and California.</span>
Let them through the more the merrier.