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1812-1848 Timeline
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The Californios
Because of the great distance between California and the center of Mexico's government, by the early 1820s California had only around 3,200 colonists. These colonists, called Californios, felt little connection to their faraway government.
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The Old Three Hundred
In 1822, one young agent, Stephen F. Austin, started a colony on the lower Colorado River. These first 300 families became known as the Old Three Hundred and quickly grew in population becuse of the nice lands -
End if Mexixos missions system
the results were that n 1833, for example, Mexico ended the mission system in California. Mission lands were broken up, and huge pieces were given to some of the wealthiest California settlers, including Vallejo. They created vast ranchos, or ranches, with tens of thousands of acres of land. Vaqueros, or cowboys, managed the large herds of cattle and sheep. Cowhides were so valuable that they were called “California Banknotes. -
The Texas War for Independence
The way it strated was the Mexican army tried to remove a cannon from the town of Gonzales, Texas. Rebels stood next to the cannon. Their flag read, “Come and take it.” In the following battle, the rebels won. The Texas Revolution, also known as the Texas War for Independence, had begun right then and there -
Alamo
Under Colonel Jim Travis, a small force took the town of San Antonio. It then occupied the Alamo, an abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution.Its where travis army took a stand fought it out with the armys but lost and 350 people after that surrendured got massacured -
Battle of San Jacinto
(1836) the final battle of the Texas Revolution that took place in San Jacinto River, near Galveston Bay. Texas; resulted in the defeat of the Mexican army and independence for Texas -
Texas'es respect as its own nation
Finally, Jackson did recognize Texas as an independent nation. France did so in 1839. Britain, which wanted to halt U.S. expansion, recognized Texas in 1840. The Mexican government, however, did not recognize Santa Anna’s forced handover of Texas -
War betweeen Mexico and the US
The tension that was building after texas joined the US finally exploded and now there at war and while were in war the US still debates wether its good for there idiviual sections of their still forming nation. On August 18, 1846, Kearny took Santa Fe, the capital city, without a fight. He claimed the entire province of New Mexico for the United States and marched west to California, where another conflict with Mexico was already underway. -
Wars end
The war ended after Scott took Mexico City. In February 1848, the United States and Mexico signed the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, which officially ended the war and forced Mexico to turn over much of its northern territory to the United States. Known as the Mexican Cession, this land included the present-day states of California, Nevada, and Utah. In addition, it included most of Arizona and New Mexico and parts of Colorado and Wyoming -
Orgeons Annexation
President Polk quickly set out to fulfill his campaign promise to annex Oregon and Texas. By the 1820s, Russia and Spain had given up their claims to Oregon Country. Britain and the United States had agreed to occupy the territory together.As more Americans settled there, they began to ask that Oregon become part of the United States.“Fifty-four forty or fight!” This slogan referred to the 54°40’ parallel, the line to which Americans wanted their northern territory to extend. and in 1848 we gain
