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Treaty of Paris
This treaty required that the french and spain to cede, or officially give, territory to Britain.Marques de Rubi was involved. -
Marques de Rubi Report
Marques de Rubi began an inspection tour of the region's presidios. -
American Revolution begins
The American Revolution (1775-83) is also known as the American Revolutionary War and the U.S. War of Independence. The conflict arose from growing tensions between residents of Great Britain's 13 North American colonies and the colonial government, which represented the British crown. George Washington was involved. -
United State gain independence
The new nation became a republic. It quickly grew, leading some Spanish officials to see it as a threat. -
James Long
Long was a former US Army surgeon in the War of 1812 who served at the Battle of New Orleans. He married Jane Herbert Dent Wilkinson in 1815 [1] and owned a plantation in Natchez, Mississippi. -
Louisiana Purchase
On April 30, 1803 the nation of France sold 828,000 square miles (2,144,510 square km) of land west of the Mississippi River to the young United States of America in a treaty commonly known as the Louisiana Purchase. -
Green Flag (Gutierrez-Magee Exp.)
When Mexico fought its independence against Spain, the expedition led to freedom and the Mexico flag waved over Mexico. -
Battle of Medina
The battle of Medina was fought on August 18, 1813, between the republican forces of the Gutiérrez-Magee expedition under Gen. José Álvarez de Toledo y Dubois and a Spanish royalist army under Gen. Joaquín de Arredondo. This bloodiest battle ever fought on Texas soil took place twenty miles south of San Antonio in a sandy oak forest region then called el encinal de Medina.
