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America's fierce determination to keep the part of New Orleanss open and France's costly war against Britain.
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The Adams-Onis Treaty with Spain is signed in Washington, allowing for the American purchase of Florida. In exchange, the U.S. gives up all claims to Texas.
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Mexico achieves full independence from Spain.
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Santa Anna becomes dictator of Mexico, replacing the Federalist government with a centralist government and disregards the Constitution of 1824.
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during Texas’ war for independence from Mexico, a group of Texan volunteer soldiers occupied the Alamo
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Willism Fairfax Gray, a virginia land agent who traveled to Texas in 1836 searching for land delas, recorded some of Texas most historic moments in a diary
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Convention delegates signs Texas Declaration of Independence. This docukment draws heavily on this declaration written sixty years earlier by Thomas Jefferson
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Sam Houston defeats Stephen F. Austin to become the first regularly elected president of Texas. He works to demilitarize Texas, establish peace with the indians, and annex Texas to the United States.
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The Republic of Texas is officially recognized by the United States and later by France, England, the Netherlands, and Belgium
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In John Tyler's last act of presidency, he signs the congressional resolution offering to admit Texas to Statehood.
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Mexico still does not recognize Texas' independence or annexation
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The Texas Congress accepts U.S. offer of annexation.
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The United States renews its compromise proposal of 49º north latitude for the U.S.-Canadian border line in Oregon Territory. Northwestern Democrats are embittered by this "betrayal" of Polk's campaign promise of "54-40 or fight."
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Polk sends orders to General Zachary Taylor to organize army in Corpus Christi, and to Commodore David Conner to prepare squadrom in Gulf of Mexico.
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Polk sends John Slidell to Mexico.
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In his annual address to Congress, Polk starts to build a case that the U.S. may be forced to go to war with Mexico.
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Texasa is admitted into the United States as the 28th state
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Minister John Slidell is rejected by the Mexican government, but stalls his return back to the U.S. until Congress approves the new Oregon Territory boundaries on April 23.
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A treaty signed with the British settles the boundaries of the Oregon Territory; the northern boundary of the United States will remain at the 49th parallel, from the Great Lakes to the Pacific. Although a diplomatic success, the Oregon settlement leads to an increase in sectional tensions over slavery and the issue of territorial expansion.
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United States won the Mexican- American war!!!!
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Anti-slavery members of the Whig and Liberty parties join to form the Free Soil Party, which opposes the expansion of slavery into the newly acquired western territories.