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Mexican Independence From Spain
Who: Mexican, Spaniards
What: Fought a war
When: between 1516 and 1518
Where: Mexico
Why: Mexicans wanted to gain independence from Spain
So What?: this is important because Mexico became its own country. -
Texas Independence From Mexico
Who: Mexican born settlers in Texas
What: Outnumbered by people born in the U.S.
Where: Texas
When: April 6, 1830
Why: People from U.S. started going into Tejas (Texas), which back then, was still part of Mexico.
So What?: This is one of the causes of the Mexican-American War. -
Mexican-American War
Who: Mexico, U.S.A.
What: Fighting over who would claim Texas their terretory
Where: Texas
When: 1845
Why: To fight over who California, New Mexico, and Texan terretory.
So What?: This is important because without this war we would never know who's the actual owner of those terretorys. -
Treaty Of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Who: Mexico, U.S.A.
What: Signed Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Where: Texas
When: 1848
Why: So the war between Mexico and U.S.A. would stop.
So What?: This is important because 3 new states were founded in the U.S. and the war finaly stopped. -
Gadsden Purchase
Who: President Franklin Pierce
What: Wanted to build a railroad.
Where: The Mesilla Valley
When: 1853
Why: To fulfill railroad expansion in the West.
So What?: This is important because a lot of new states and terretorys were bought and the railroads expanded.
