Texas War for Independence and the Mexican-American War.

By sarahprentiss

  • Stephen Austin meets with Mexican President Santa Anna: 1833

    Stephen Austin meets with Mexican President Santa Anna: 1833
    Delegates wrote a state constitution for Texas and sent Stephen F. Austin to Mexico City with a petition for statehood. Their countrymen elected Santa Anna as the Federalist president of Mexico.

  • Battle of the Alamo

    Battle of the Alamo
    The Battle of the Alamo was a pivotal event in the Texas Revolution. Following a13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar. This even resulted in the Texans’ loss.

  • Battle of San Jacinto

    Battle of San Jacinto
    The Battle of San Jacinto was fought on April 21, 1836, in present-day Harris County, Texas. It was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution, lasting only 18 minutes and killing 630 Mexican soldiers and 9 Texans.

  • Treaty of Velasco grants Texas Independence

    Treaty of Velasco grants Texas Independence
    Samuel Houston was the president at the time. This was known as the Republic of Texas.

  • Slidell's Rejection

    Slidell's Rejection
    Slidell went to buy New Mexico and California. He also wanted to gain approval of the Rio Grande to be the Texas border.

  • General Taylor marches troops across Rio Grande

    General Taylor marches troops across Rio Grande
    General Taylor and his troops were mad that they were not going to see Slidell. The Mexicans thought this was a violation of their rights.

  • U.S. annexes Texas

    U.S. annexes Texas
    In 1845, the United States of America annexed the Republic of Texas. Texas was admitted into the Union as the 28th state.

  • U.S. declares war on Mexico: April 25, 1846

    U.S. declares war on Mexico: April 25, 1846
    The war started because Mexicans shed "American blood upon American soil." The idea of manifest destiny pushed the Americans to fight on foreign lands for the first time.

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends war with Mexico

    Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends war with Mexico
    Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border for Texas and ceded New Mexico and California to the US. The US paid $15 million and promised the Mexicans living there that they would have freedom of property, religion, bilingual election, and open elections.

  • Gasden Purchase

    Gasden Purchase
    The Gasden Purchase stablished the borders of the lower 48 states. The US paid Mexico another $10 million for Oregon.