-
Mexico places restrictions on American immigration
Did not want the land to be taken over by the Americans.
They won Independence. -
Stephen Austin establishes a colony in Texas
Moses Austin obtained first approval to colonize in Texas in January 1821 when he left for Missouri with a grant to bring 300 colonists into Texas, but he never succeeded because he was attacked and died before he could finish the colonization.
Stephen Austin completed his father’s plan when The grant first given to Moses Austin was passed to his son Stephen F. Austin -
Stephen Austin meets with Mexican President Santa Anna
Austin was the only one of the commissioners that went to Mexico after being at the Convention of 1833.
After arriving in Mexico, Stephen Austin met with Vice President Valentín Gomez Farías -
Battle of the Alamo
The Mexican army started a siege to the Alamo for 13 days when they blocked off the water supply through the irrigation ditch.
All men were killed and piled together and burned. -
Battle of San Jacinto
The fight lasted about 18 minutes.
Nine Texans died, about 630 Mexican soldiers killed, and 730 captured. -
Treaty of Velasco grants Texas Independence
There were 2 treaties; the public treaty and the secret treaty.
President David G. Burnet for Texas and General Santa Anna for Mexico signed the treaties. -
U.S. annexed Texas
Texas was admitted to union as 28th state.
This led to Mexican- American war. -
General Taylor marches troops across Rio Grande
The war started after President Polk's attempts to buy California and New Mexico failed.
The war fell into three main campaigns. -
Slidell's Rejection
Slidell negotiated an agreement where Rio Grande would be the southern border for Texas.
He hinted the negotiation might require a show of military force. -
U.S. declares war on Mexico
Polk sent a messege to the Congress saying that the Mexicans and passed the U.S. boundary and she d american blood in the soil.
Sixty-seven Whigs voted against the war on a key slavery amendment, but on the final passage only 14 Whigs voted no.
They declared war after only a few hours of debateing. -
Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, California
This discovery would lure many foreigners and people from the U.S.
People would travel in covered wagons in hope to find a better life. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends war with Mexico
It is a peace treaty that was largly commanded by the U.S.
Mexico surrendered and negotiated with the U.S. -
Zachary Taylor elected president
The 1848 elecetion was the first time every state in the union voted for the President and Vice President in the same day.
Taylor won the election with 163 of the 290 electoral votes. -
California applies for statehood
California's delegates unanimously outlawed slavory and set up a state government that kept going for 10 months before California was declared a state.
As part of the Compromise of 1850, California became a state. -
Gasden Purchase
The purchase was ratified and changes were made by the U.S. senate and sign by President Franklin Pierce.
The purchase was the last major aquisition adding a large piece of land to America.
