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American Revolution begins
An open conflict between the United Thirteen colonies and Great Britian.
Causes:
Boston Massacre
Boycotting
Boston Tea Party
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Marques de Rubi Report
Reccomeations to change missions and presidios for the better. Marques was a spanish officer who was sent by the Spanish government to investigate. He investigated the need for the mission in East Texas after the French was defeated by Great Britain in The Seven Years' War. The recommendation he made was that Spain pulls back to "real" frontier. -
United States gain Independence
Where the US gained Independence from Great Britian. We gained it after weon the Revolutionary war we were recognized as indendent by England. -
U.S. Declaration of Independence
Was a statement adopted ny the Continental Congress. It announced the thirteen American Colonies. It also announced that the U.S. was now independent. -
Treaty Of Paris
The Treaty Of Paris ended the Revolutionary War. It gave recognition to the United Staes, it established boundries and certain rights. Britain agreed to remove all of its troops from the new nation. -
French Revolution Begins
With the Storming of the Bastille. In which the monarchy was overthrown and radical restructing was forced upon the Roman Catholic Church. The French wanted equality. -
James Long
A leader of the Long Expidition. He led an unsuccessful revolution in Texas. Also a leader of two flilibustering expiditions for the United States into Spanish Texas. -
Louisiana Purchase
The United States purschase from France the Louisiana terriotory. By a treaty that was signed. One of the largest land purchase in the history of the United States. It was also the cheapest. -
Cry of Delores
Was the battle cry in Mexican war of Independence. Also called EI Grito de la Idependence. A priest stood up for the spanish. -
Mexican Independence
Mexican won idependence from Spain. It was the cry of Delores. -
Green Flag (Gutierrez-Magee Exp.)
The Goal of this expidition was to free new Spain from Spanish control. It was an early filibustering expidition against Spanish Texas. -
Battle of Medina
It was between the republican royalist army under Gen. Joaquin de Arredondo. The bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas Land. -
Panic of 1819
A financial panic that swept across the country. -
Imperial Colonization Law
All the legislative bodies of the provisional and regular governments appointed comittees to frame a colonization law. It is a law that invites Cotholic immigrants to settle in Mexico. -
Coahuila y Texas
WAs one of the constituent states of the newly established United Mexican States. -
Constitution of 1824
Was the first newly independent Republic of Mexico, it was a document under which DeWitt Colonists were invited to emigrate to the Republic. -
The "Old Three Hundred"
Was the first Anglo Colony in Texas. =The name is sometimes reffered to the settler who recived land grants in Stephen F. Austin's first colony.
