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Stephen Austin establishes a colony in Texas
-12 years later, he found himself in a Mexican prison and his new homeland in an uproar.
-The land was along the Brazos RIver -
Stephen Austin meets with Mexican President Santa Anna
-Austin traveled to Mexico City to presend him with petitions for greater self-government for Texas.
-While Austin was on his way home, Santa Anna suspended the 1824 Texas constitution and had Austin imprisoned for inciting revolution. -
Battle of the Alamo
-All 187 U.S. defenders died and hundreds of Mexicans perished.
-Mexico won the Battle. -
Battle of San Jacinto
-decisive battle of the Texas Revolution
-led by General Sam Houston, the Texans defeated Santa Anna -
Treaty of Velasco grants Texas Independence
-signed between Santa Anna and the Republic of Texas in the aftermath of the Battle of an Jacinto
-the treaties were a first step in Texas's independence -
Slidell's rejection
-John Slidell was sent to Mexico to purchase California and New Mexico and to gain approval of the Rio Grande as the Texas border
-when he arrived, Mexicans refused to receive him -
U.S. annexes Texas
-Sam Houston invited the U.S. to annex Texas in 1838
-set of a chain of events leading to the Mexican-American War -
U.S. declares war on Mexico
-American forces invaded New Mexico
-war resulted in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo -
General Taylor marches troops across Rio Grande
-Mexico responded to Taylor's invasion of the territory it claimed by marching troops across Rio Grande
-Mexican soldiers killed 9 U.S. soldiers -
gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, California
-James Marshall, an American carpenter working at John Sutter's property, discovered gold.
-caused the gold rush in California -
Zachary Taylor elected president
-he was a Whig
-election was soon overshadowed by a glittering discovery in one of America's new territories -
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 U.S.
-The U.S. agreed to pay 15 million for the Mexican cession. -
California applies for statehood
-provoked fiery protest in Congress and became just one more sore point between irate Northerners and Southerners
-California won Statehood in 1850 -
Gadsen Purchase
-established current borders of the lower 48 states
-treaty signed by James Gadsen
