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Stephen Austin establishes a colony in Texas
- Led the first of several groups of settlers to a fertile area along the Brazos River
- issued 297 land grants to Texas's Old Three Hundred
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Mexico Places restrictions on American immigration
- mexico lacked sufficient troops to restrain its borders
- in 1834 Austin won a repeal of the prohibition on immigration
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Stephen Austin meets with mexican President Santa Anna
- Petitioned for greater self-government of Texas
- Austin was impriosned for inciting revolution
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Battle of the Alamo
- Texans drove Mexicans from the alamo, an abandoned mission and fort
- All 187 U.S. defenders died
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Battle of San Jacinto
- led by Sam Houston, the Texans defeated Santa Anna
- The Texans killed 630 of Santa Ana's soldiers in 18 minutes and captured Santa Anna
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Treaty of Velasio Grants TExas independence
- The Texans let Santa Ana free after he signed the Treaty of Valsco
- The treaty granted Texas independence
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General Taylor marches troops across Rio Grande
- Polk issued orders for him to march to the Rio Grande and blockade the river
- Mexicans viewed this as a violation of their rights
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Slidell's Rejection
-Sent to Mexico to purchase Califronia, New Mexico, and to gain approval of the Rio Grande as the TExas border
- Mexican officials refused to receive him -
U.S. annexes Texas
- Most TExans hoped this would happen
- Texas became the 28th state in the union
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U.S. declares war on Mexico
- Mexico city was captured
- Scott's army had not lost a single battle
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Zachary Taylor elected president
- The whig party nominee easily won the election
- discovery of gold quickly overshadowed his victory
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Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, California
- James Marshall discovered gold at Sutter's Mill
- San Francisco residents went to pan for gold
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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 United States
- The U.S. agreed to pay $15 million for the Mexican cession -
California applies for statehood
- the population inclded Chinese, free Blacks, Mexicans, and White citizens of the U.S.
- application drew fiery protests
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Gadsden Purchase
- Emissary James Gadsden payed Mexico an additional $10 million for a piece of territory south of the Gila River
- Established the vorders of the lower 48 states
