In September 1810 Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a Mexican priest, led a rebellion of about 80,000 poor Indians and mestizos, or people of Indian and Spanish ancestry.
Mexico became independent.
one young agent, Stephen F. Austin, started a colony on the lower Colorado River. These first 300 families became known as the Old Three Hundred.
They adopted a republican constitution that declared rights for all Mexicans.
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the Texans held out.
while Mexican troops were resting, Houston’s forces swarmed the camp, shouting, “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!”
the republic organized the Texas Rangers to guard its long frontier from Mexican and Native American attacks.
Finally, Jackson did recognize Texas as an independent nation. France did so in
the United States had a booming economy and population.
Britain, which wanted to halt U.S. expansion, recognized Texas
Texas and Mexico signed a peace treaty.
the Whigs passed up Tyler and chose Senator Henry Clay of Kentucky as their presidential candidate
O’Sullivan coined the term in
Great Britain and the United States signed a treaty that gave the United States all Oregon land south of the forty-ninth parallel.
General Taylor led his troops to the Rio Grande. He camped across from Mexican forces stationed near the town of Matamoros, Mexico
This treaty drew the border that still exists today. Oregon became an organized U.S. territory in February