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Treaty signed in1763 ending the Seven Year's War.
France and Spain agreed to give territory in North America to Great Britain.
(pg.136)
Treaty of Paris -
Agreement in 1803 in which the United States purchased Louisiana from France for $15 million.
(pg.141)
Louisiana Purchase -
On September 16, 1810, a priest named Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla started a revolt against the Spanish. The Spanish were finally defeated in 1821 and now Mexican Independence is celebrated every year to remember the beginning of the struggle for freedom.
(pg.134)
Mexican Independence -
The Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition was an 1812–13 joint Mexican-American filibustering expedition against Spanish Texas during the early years of the Mexican War of Independence.
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The Battle of Medina took place on August 18, 1813 as part of the Mexican War of Independence against Spanish authority in Mexico.
(pg.145)
Battle of Medinahttp://www.tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qfm01 -
Economic crisis in 1819 in the United States that led to the failure of many banks and a depression.
(pg.160)
Panic of 1819 -
State created by the Mexican government in 1824 by combining the separate states of Texas and Coahuila.
(pg.172)
Coahuila y Texas -
Mexican constitution that gave limited power to the central government and broad local authority to the state.
(pg.195)
Constitution of 1824
