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Treaty of Paris
Treaty of ParisTthe Treaty of Paris required Spain and France to give territory to to Britian. France gave up Canada and the land on the east side of the Mississippi River. Spain ceded Florda. The Treaty of Paris ended the Seven Years War. -
The Rubi Report
The Rubi ReportMarques De Rubibegans an inspectiontour of the regions presidios. Most presidios needed repairs and were staffed by soldiers in poverty. -
American revolution Begins
The American Revolution BeginsThe American Revolutionary War began as a war between the Kingdom of Great Britain and thirteen British colonies in North America, and ended in a global war between several European powerful country. The war was the result of the political American Revolution. Colonists galvanized around the position that the Stamp Act of 1765, imposed by Parliament of Great Britain, was unconstitutional. The British Parliament ins -
U.S. Declaration of Independence
U.S. Declaration of IndependenceDrafted by Thomas Jefferson between June 11 and June 28, 1776, the Declaration of Independence is at once the nation's symbol of liberty and Jefferson's most enduring monument. Here, in exalted and unforgettable phrases, Jefferson expressed the convictions in the minds and hearts of the American people. -
United States gain Independence
The United States Gains IndependenceThe United States became an independent country, creating its new constitution, and establishing the federal government. American Patriots seized control of the colonies and launched a war for independence. America used Frances help to catch the two main British armies. -
The French Revolution Begins
The French Revolution BeginsThe Revolution began on May 5, 1789. Many Nobles and some of the clergy followed the Third Estate, in starting the long revolution.The French Revolution began in with the meeting of the States General in May. On July 14 of that same year, the Bastville wastille was stormed: in October, -
Louisiana Purchase
The Louisiana Purchase The United States purchased Louisiana Territory from France. The land extending from the Mississippi River to the Rocky Mountains. the United states paid about 15 million dollers. -
Cry of Delores
Cry of DeloresThe Grito de Dolores ("Cry of Dolores") was the battle cry in the Mexican war of Independence. It is also called as EI Grito de la Independence. On Sept. 16, 1810, the parish priest, Miguel hidalgo y Costilla declared the revolt against Spain. It is called as "Cry of Dolores", at present Mexicans celebrate September 16 as their Independence Day. -
Mexican Independence
Mexican IndependenceOn September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Catholic priest, launched the Mexican War of Independence with the issuing of his Grito de Dolores, or "Cry of Delores." The revolutionary tract called for the end of Spanish rule in Mexico, redistribution of land, and racial equality. After some initial successes, Hidalgo was defeated, captured, and executed. However, he was followed by other peasant leaders, such as José María Morelos y Pavón, Mariano Matamoros, and Vicente Guerrero, who all -
green flag
Green FlagThe gutierrez-magee expedition was an alliance of Mexican republican revolutionaries led by Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara and a filibuster army led by a disgruntled former US Army lieutenant named Augustus Magee. Flying a solid green flag, they invaded Texas with their grandly named Republican Army of the North. However, American filibusters and Mexican revolutionaries made a poor team and their alliance did not finnally go as smoothly. -
Battle of Madina
Battle of MadinaThe Battle of Madina fought on August 18, 1813 was one of the most deadliest war in Texas. It was a fight between republicans and royalists and was the climax of what is often known as the Magee-Gutierrez Expedition, -
James Long
James LongLong traveled to Galveston in an unsuccessful attempt to win the pirate Jean Lafitte over to his cause. While he was away, Spanish troops drove his followers out of Nacogdoches and back across the Sabine River into Louisiana. Long established a headquarters at Bolivar Point near Galveston, and in the fall of 1821 led an expedition of 52 men to La Bahía. -
Panic of 1819
Panic of 1819In 1819 a financial panic swept across the country. The growth in trade that followed the War of 1812 came to an abrupt halt. Unemployment mounted, banks failed, mortgages were foreclosed, and agricultural prices fell by half. Investment in western lands collapsed. -
The "Old Three Hundred" Colony
The "Old Three Hundred" ColonyIn January 1821 Austin's father, Moses Austin, had received a permit from the Spanish to settle 300 families in Texas, Stephen F. Austin took his father's place after he died and traveled to San Antonio, where he met with the Spanish governor Antonio María Martínez, who acknowledged him as his father's successor. Austin quickly found willing colonists, and by the end of the summer of 1824 most of the Old Three Hundred were in Texas. -
Coahuila y Texas
Coahuila y TexasBy the Constitution of 1824 the Mexican provinces of Nuevo León, Coahuila, and Texas were united as one state. Nuevo León was detached on May 7, 1824. A constituent congress was elected and assembled at Saltilloqv in August 1824, and a provisional governor was named for the state. A provisional chief was appointed for Texas in August 1824, and in December the Department of Texas was legally established as a subdivision of the state of Coahuila and Texas. -
Constitution of 1824
Constitution of 1824The Constitution of 1824, the first of the newly independent Republic of Mexico, was the document under which DeWitt Colonists were invited to emigrate to the Republic, was the one under which they assumed they were protected and the one they swore to defend.
