Manifest Destiny Timeline

By wlehrer1

  • Texans outnumber Mexicans 3 to 1

  • The Texan War of Independence begins

  • Sam Huston declares Texas to be an independent nation

  • John Tyler elected president

  • Treaty of Webster Ashburton is signed defineing the Maine Canada boarder ends hostilities

  • Polk elected president

  • Start of Mexican War

  • Major US victory at Buena Vista

  • Mexico City capured effective end to the war

  • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

  • Zachary Taylor elected president

  • Clayton Bulwer Treaty

  • Gadsden Purchase