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Antarctica was discovered
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Mexico decided they wanted no more Americans in their country. They decided that this law would keep Americans out..... but it wont....
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Mexico decided that they didn't want to sit by the sidelines while the Americans took over their country. They decided to start a war for this reason.
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Sam Houton defeated Santa Anna at the battle of San Jacinto this battle won victory for Texas.
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The texans fought a long battle at the Alamo with the Mexicans pushing them the whole time until one night the mexicans had a suprise attack and forced the Texans out.
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John Deere invented the steel tipped plow that improved farming for everyone at the time.(exact day and month unknown)
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Charles wrote the book that is still very popular today. And many people still read around Christmas time.
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The Mexican-American War was started by Mexicans firing on American troops.
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The planet Neptune was discovered by Johann Galle and is still considered a planet to this day.
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A treaty was signed at gunpoint by Santa Anna to give up the war and with that the disputed part of texas and much of the western coast.