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Mexico's independance
Mexico got it's independance from spain -
New settlement
Between 1821 and 1825 Austin attracted about 300 families to his "new" settlement -
Randezvous
Randezvous are meetings that mountain men used. they where for mountain men to trade furs and supplies. -
Angered slave owners
Slave owners became very angry when Mexico outlawed Slavery -
population growing
The population had swelled to about 25,000 with americans outnumbering the Tejanos six to one -
Trying to take a cannon
Mexican soilders marched to the town of Gonzales and ordered seize from the texans for protection from the Natives -
Santa Anna's troop surrounding san antonio
Santa Anna's Troops surrounded San Antonio, the next day they began to siege the Alamo -
Houston Surprise
Houston Surprised Santa Anna near the San Jacinto. -
Texan joining the union
The Texan government asked congress to annex, or join, Texas to the union. -
Texan's Flag
Texans raised The official flag of thw independant nation of texas, nicknamed the lone star republic -
randezvous ended
this is the year randezvous ended. -
america growing
Thousands of American settlers had moved into the oregon territory. -
from missouri to oregon
Over 1,000 settlers moved from Missouri to Oregon. -
Anti Mormons
Anti Mormons mob in Illinois killed Joseph Smith. -
Mormons move east
about 148 mormon pioneers followed part of the Oregon trail to Utah. -
James Beckwourth discovers path
james Beckwourth discovers ga mountain pass across the sierra desert.
