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1800-1900 US, Texas, and World History

By Brookiebrook98
  • Napoleon Attempts Invasion

    Napoleon Attempts Invasion

    Napoleon Bonaparte's Grande Armée crossed the Neman River and invaded Russia from what is now Poland. For the French, the end consequence was disastrous. Napoleon's Grande Armée, which consisted of more than 500,000 soldiers from Europe, was rejected by the Russian army.
  • Mexico Declares Independence

    Mexico Declares Independence

    Although O'Donoj's assertion of Mexican independence was first disputed by the Spanish crown, the date is today acknowledged as the break from Old Spain.
  • Louisiana Purchase

    Louisiana Purchase

    1803 American acquisition of imperial powers over the western half of the Mississippi River basin from France.
  • Texas Independence Day

    Texas Independence Day

    Texas officially proclaimed its separation from Mexico.
  • Battle Alamo

    Battle Alamo

    After 13 days of fighting the war came to an end.
  • Texas Annexed into USA

    Texas Annexed into USA

    James K. Polk, the president of the United States, officially acknowledged Texas as the 28th state of the Union by signing the annexation measure into law.
  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

    The Mexican-American War (1846-48) was officially over.
  • Abraham Lincoln was Elected for President

    Abraham Lincoln was Elected for President

    The 19th quadrennial presidential election took place in the United States in 1860.
  • End of Civil War

    End of Civil War

    The last battle took place at Palmito Ranch.
  • First transcontinental Railroad

    First transcontinental Railroad

    The railroad opened for through traffic. When Leland Stanford, president of the CPRR, ceremonially pushed the golden "Last Spike" at Promontory Summit in Utah (after referred to as the "Golden Spike").