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Battle of the Alamo
After a big election in 1835 in the Mexican government, a series of big constitutional changes altered the structure of Mexico. The changes caused immigrants to revolt. The Mexican government blamed the revolutions on U.S. immigrants because the U.S. was trying to purchase Mexican Texas and that made Mexico suspicious.Texians fought with Mexican troops. The Texians defeated Mexican troops in Texas. In February Mexican troops took back the land, including the Alamo killing most of the occupants. -
The Battle of San Jacinto
The 18 minute battle was the final fight of the Texas Revolution. The Texan army led by General Samuel Houston defeated the Mexican army led by General Antonio Lopez. The Texan army captured the president of Mexico and held him hostage for 3 weeks, then the president signed a peace treaty that declared the Mexican army leaver the region.This led the way for the Republic of Texas to become an independent country. -
The Battle of Palo Alto
The first major battle of the Mexican-American war. Americans settled right across the Rio Grande from Matamoros. On April 24, Mexican General Arista arrived at Matamoros and sent another General, named Torrejon with part of the Mexican army across the river a few miles away from Matamoros. The General’s plan was to throw troops across the Rio Grande and surround the Americans. The American General found out about Torrejon’s plan and they hid, the two generals ran into each other and fought. -
Battle of Resaca de la Palma
It was one of the early engagements of the Mexican-American War. A Mexican General named Mariano Arista placed his troops along the 12 foot deep and 200 feet wide resaca, 3 miles from the Rio Grande. American forces encountered the Mexican lines after pursuing them all morning and early afternoon. The U.S. general attacked Arista and his army. The fight was uncoordinated and disorganized due to the dense Mexican artillery fire. The U.S. won after a short battle. -
Taos Revolt
The revolt was a popular battle by Hispano and Pueblo allies against the U.S. claim of present day New Mexico. In August 1846, the territory of New Mexico, originally under Mexican rule, was given to U.S. forces. The revolt was led by Pablo Montoya, a Hispano. Montoya led a Native American force to the house of Governor Charles Bent, shot him and scalped him alive. Later that month a large army of 500 hispanos and Pueblos and attacked a mill and distillery. The U.S. stopped the revolt quickly. -
Rogue River Wars
Large groups of settlers entered the Rouge River Indian territories and consumed all of the natural resources without restriction. An American was traveling in Oregon and his party murdered several Natives and buried their bodies which were later found by a local tribe. The tribe attacked an American fur trapping party the next year. Two white men survived the attack one, man herded cattle and later shot an Indian boy. The local Indians then raided the cattle drive. -
Third Seminole War
The third seminal war was started as an increasing number of settlers in southwest Florida, lead to increasing tension with the Seminoles already living in the area. In December the US military located and destroyed a large Seminole plantation west of the Everglades. Holata Micco, a Seminole leader responded with a raid near Fort Myers. -
Utah War
Mormons Belgian settling in Alta California and Centralist Republic of Mexico, (Utah). Mormons started leaving the U.S. after severe conflicts with close communities in Missouri and Illinois. Church leaders believe that the isolation of Utah would secure the rights of Mormons and the free practice of their religion. The Mormons wanted Utah to become part of the U.S. and be run by a religious leader. This weakened their relationship with the government. The Mormons prepared for war. -
Pyramid Lake War
Also known as the Paiute War was an armed conflict between Northern Paiutes allied with the Shoshone and the Bannock against U.S. settlers in the Utah territory. U.S. miners destroyed groves which was a big food source for the Paiute and because of the Nevada deserts, settlers grouped around water sources. Settlers’ livestock trampled and ate the sparse vegetation. The Settlers and Paiutes competed for grazing land. Many violent incidents took place which caused two battles. -
Dakota War
The Dakota were pressured into giving large areas of land to the U.S. in a series of treaties. The natives then got moved to a reservation 20 miles wide. They were encouraged by the U.S. to become farmers instead of hunting. There was a crop failure, followed by a harsh winter and poor hunting due to the lack of wild game. This led starvation and hardship. The tensions between the Dakota and the US reached a breaking point in an argument when 4 young Dakota men killed 5 white settlers.