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Mexico became independent
Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla led a rebellion of about 80,000 poor Indians and people of Indian and Spanish ancestry because they hoped if Mexico became independent from the Spanish monarchy, their lives would improve. -
Stephen F. Austin, started a colony on the lower Colorado River.
These first 300 families who lived in this colony became known as the Old Three Hundred, and Austin's successful colony attracted other agents, and American settlers came to the region. -
Mexico created a republican constitution that declared rights for all Mexicans.
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The Mexican army tried to remove a cannon from the town of Gonzales, Texas
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Texans declared their independence from Mexico.
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Texans fought and lost the Battle of the Alamo
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Congress had approved invasion and needed only the support of the Republic of Texas
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Britain and the United States signed a treaty that gave the United States all of Oregon.
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Kearny took Santa Fe, and claimed the entire province of New Mexico for the United States
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Oregon became organized U.S. territory.
