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It provided that the colonists should be Roman catholics, or agree to become so before they entered the Spanish territory
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Mexico adopted a new constitution which defined the country as a federal republic with nineteen states and four territories.
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He set out shortly after the adjournment of the convention, and reached the capitol in time to see it the scene of confusion and intrigue.
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The entire siege lasted 13 days. The siege and final battle of the Alamo in 1836 constitute the most celebrated military engagement in Texas history.
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Texas officials had Santa Anna sign two treaties, one public and one secret. The public treaty ended hostilities and restored private property.
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Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican forces in a fight that lasted just eighteen minutes. About 630 of the Mexican soldiers were killed and 730 captured, while only nine Texans died,
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Admitted it to the Union as the 28th state. The U.S. thus inherited Texas's border dispute with Mexico
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Mexico laid claim to the Nueces River—about 150 mi (240 km) north of the Rio Grande—as its border with Texas.
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Polk asked Congress to declare war on Mexico of the basis of unpaid claims and Slidell's rejection of the purchasing of California.
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On May 13, 1846, the U.S. Congress overwhelmingly votes in favor of President James K. Polk's request to declare war on Mexico in a dispute over Texas.
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Marshall found several flakes of gold that began the transformation of California from a sleepy outpost to a bustling center of activity. Sutter and Marshall tried to keep the discovery secret, but eventually the word got out.
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The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which brought an official end to the Mexican-American War.
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Taylor nonetheless ran as a Whig in the 1848 presidential election, defeating Lewis Cass. Taylor was the last President to hold slaves while in office, and the second and also last Whig to win a presidential election.
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It was formally admitted to the Union as a free state. California's application for admission thus signaled a change in the balance of pro and anti-slavery states.
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Region of present-day southern Arizona and southwestern New Mexico that was purchased by the United States in a treaty signed by James Gadsden, the American ambassador to Mexico at the time