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Jan 1, 1500
Spanish Conquistadors began exploring the North American continent
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Period: Jan 1, 1500 to
Mexico's History
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the Spanish founded the town of Santa Fe
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San Francisco was estabilished on a Mexican trail
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Period: to
Mexican War
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the U.S. laid claim to Texas in the Louisiana Purchase
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Adams-Onis Treaty is signed
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California had 21 missions, and 20,000 Native American in them
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Moses Austin of Missouri, recieved the first grant of empresarios
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Mexico won it's independence from Spain
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Mexico stops all U.S. immigrants coming into Texas
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Santa Anna becomes president of Mexico
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the Mexican Government passed a law abolishing missions
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Davy Crockett lost his seat in Congress
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rebellions by the Mexicans, caused America to revolt
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the Alamo falls
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Sam Houstan is elected president of Texas
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Mexico granted land to Americans moving to California
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families began to collect in California
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John Tyler became president of Texas
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the Great Migration to Oregon
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Manifest Destiny wandered through the minds of most Americans
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James Polk elected president
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American forces, led by General Zachory Taylor, fight Mexican forces
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the American population in california was only 700
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Texas became a U.S. state
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the Bear Flag Republic is proclaimed
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Mexican forces attacked a small portion of Taylor's forces
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James Polk quotes, "Mexico has... shed blood on American soil."
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the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo is signed
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the Santa Fe Trading Trail, was opened for full use to the public traders
