7 sentences with 'ceded'
Example sentences and phrases with the word ceded and other words derived from it.
• « Cavour launched the bulk of the Piedmontese army into the Papal States, annexing them and heading for Garibaldi. When he arrived, Garibaldi ceded his conquests to Vittorio Emanuele, and Italy grew to encompass both Sicily and the south. Thus, in about six months, the northern conquests of Piedmont-Sardinia were joined by Garibaldi's bizarre conquest of the south. »
• « However, three years later, under the terms of the Treaty of Aix-la-Chapelle, Britain ceded control of the fortress to the French. Once again, the war resulted in an incomplete victory for both Britain and France. »
• « That year, however, the Spanish had ceded Louisiana (and New Orleans) to France. In 1802, the United States lost its right to deposit goods free of charge in the port, which provoked outrage among many, some of whom called for war with France. »
• « The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, signed in February 1848, was a triumph for American expansionism in which Mexico ceded nearly half of its territory to the United States. The »
• « Mexican citizens in the ceded territory were promised US citizenship in the future, when the territories in which they lived became states. In exchange, the United States agreed to assume $3.35 million in Mexican debts owed to American citizens, paid Mexico $15 million for the loss of its land, and promised to protect the residents of the Mexican Cession from Indian raids. »
• « The United States had no way of knowing that some of the land about to be ceded by Mexico had just become far more valuable than anyone could have imagined. »
• « Seeing that many of Her Majesty's subjects have already settled in the country and are constantly arriving, and it is desirable for their protection as well as the protection of the natives, to establish a government amongst them. Her Majesty has accordingly been pleased to appoint Mr. William Hobson, a captain in the Royal Navy to be Governor of such parts of New Zealand as may now or hereafter be ceded to Her Majesty and proposes to the chiefs of the Confederation of United Tribes of New Zealand and the other chiefs to agree to the following articles. »