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Mexico places restrictions on American immigration
-they did this because they didn’t want the Americans to take over their land.
-the Mexicans won their independance. -
Stephen Austin establishes a colony in Texas
-established a colony between the Brazos and colorado rivers
-issued 297 land grants to the group that later became known as Texas’s Old Three Hundreds -
Stephen Austin meets with Mexican President Santa Anna
- Austin went there to present petitions for greater self-government for Texas -Santa Anna revoked local powers in Texas and other Mexicans started the Texas Revolution
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Battle of the Alamo
-the texans attacked and drove the Mexicans forces from the Alamo
-Santa Anna then swept northward and stormed and destroyed the small American garrison in the Alamo -
Battle of San Jacinto
-This was the result of the Battle of the Alamo
-The Texans won because they captured Santa Anna. -
Treaty of Velasco grants Texas Independence
-This treaty set Santa Anna free after he signed it.
-This treaty also made Texas become a Republic -
U.S. annexes Texas
-Incorporate Texas into the United States.
-United States opinion, was that divided along sectional lines. -
General Taylor marches troops across Rio Grande
-Taylor violated Mexico’s territorial by sending an exploration party through Mexico’s Alta California province.
-Mexico responded by sending troops across the Rio Grande and killing 9 United States soldiers. -
U.S. declares war on Mexico
-Stephen Kearney took his troops and marched from Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, across the desert to Santa Fe, New Mexico.
-New Mexico fell to the US without a single shot being fired. -
Slidell's Rejection
- Mexico rejects our attempt to purchase of their land. -We station troops south of the Nueces river and Mexico fires the first fire and this begins the war.
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Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, California
-James Marshall discovered gold at Sutton’s Mill.
-The people took this way to far because they where not going to their jobs, and their bills where not being paid. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends war with Mexico
-Mexico agreed the Rio Grande be the border for Texas and give New Mexico and California to the US.
-The treaty allowed Mexicans to live in the territories and have freedom of religion, protection of property, bilingual elections, and open borders. -
Zachary Taylor elected president
-Zachary Taylor won the population vote.
-he was against Van Burran -
Gasden Purchase
-President Franklin Pierce gave James Gadsden the power to pay Mexico an additional $10 million for another piece of territory south of the Gila River.
-The Oregon, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and Gadsden Purchase established the current borders of 48 states. -
California applies for statehood
-California applied for statehood. which provoked a fiery protest in Congress.
-Statehood was won in 1850.
