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Treaty Of Paris
Wars and Battles, The French and Indian WarThe Treaty Of Paris required France and Spain to cede, or officially girve, territory to Britian. France gave up all the land around the Mississippi River and Canada while Spain gave up Florida. The French Threat to Spain was gone. -
Marques de Rubi Report
RUBI, MARQUES DEThe Marques de Rubi began an inspection tour of the region's presidos. As he traveled through Texas, the next year, he grew increasingly concerned about Spanish presence in East Texas because the area no longer bordered French land. After completing his tour.. he made the following recommendations in a report:
1. Spain should abandon all missions and presidios in Texas except those at La Bahia and San Antonio.
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American Revolution begins
American RevolutionBecause of the united thirteen colonies and Great britain, the American Revolution began. The war began as a disagreement over the way Great Britain treated the colonies versus the way the colonies felt they should be treated. Americans felt they deserve all the rights of Englishmen. the british felt that the colonies were created to be used in the way that best suited the crown and parliament. -
United States gains Independence
IndependenceOn July 4, 1776, United States gains its independence from the Kingdom of Great Britain. Today, this date is celebrated as the "fourth of July" where people have a great time and blow some fireworks. -
French Revolution Begins
French RevolutionThe 1848 Revolution in France was one of a wave of revolutions in 1848 in Rurope. -
the Louisiana Purchase
Louisiana Purchase TThe Louisiana Purchase was the purchase of land by the United States from France that was made up of alot of square feet. It was taken away from from the French territory of Louisiana in 1803. It was one of the most important land in the history of the country.. -
Mexican Independence
Mexico independenceAfter the Mexican-born Spanish and the Catholic Church joined the revolution, Spain was finally defeated in 1821. Mexican Independence Day is celebrated on September 16 of each year, the anniversary of the start of Father Hidalgo's revolt. -
Cry of Delores
city of DeloresThe parish priest of the town of Dolores,Miquel Hidalgo y Costilla declared himself in open revolt against Spanish rule from the pulpit of his church, launching the Mexican War of Independence. He exhorted his following to take up arms and join him in his fight against the injustices of the Spanish colonial system and within moments he had an army of some 600 men. This action became known as the "Cry of Dolores." -
Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
Gutierrez-Magee ExpGutierrez-Magee expedition was an early filibuster expedition against Spanish Texas. -
Battle of Medina
Battle Of MedinaThe Battle of Mindina happend about 20 miles south from present-day San Antonio. It was the biggest and bloodiest ever fought on Texas soil. -
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James Long
JamesJames Long was a filibuster in Spanish and Mexican Texas that died in Mexico military prison (1822). He lead an unsuccessful filibust Long Expidedition to Texas -
Imperial Colonization
ColonialismThe 1823 Imperial Colonization Law of Mexico allowed an empresario to receive a land grant within the Mexican province of Texas -
Constitution of 1824
Constitution of 1824The federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 was signed on October 4 of 1824. -
The "Old Three Hundred" Colony
Old three hundredThe Old three hundred is a tern used to describe the 297 granntees, made up of families and some partnerships of unmarried men, who purchased 307 parcels of land from Stephen Fuller Austin and establised a colony near present day Brenham in Washinton Country, Texas. Moses Austin was the original emprisario of the Old Three Hundred. -
Coahuila y Texas
Coahuila Y Tejas was one of the constituent states of the newly established united mexican states under its 1824 constitution
