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Stephen Austin Settles Texas
"The Father of Texas"
established the first Anglo-American colony in the Tejas province of Mexico and saw it grow into an independent republic. -
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Mexican Independence from spain
Was an armed conflict and the culmination of a political and social process which ended the rule of Spainin the territory of New Spain -
Battle of the Alamo
The arrival of General Antonio López de Santa Anna's army outside San Antonio nearly caught them by surprise. Undaunted, the Texians and Tejanos prepared to defend the Alamo together. The defenders held out for 13 days against Santa Anna's army. -
Texas Declares Independence
Signed at Washington-on-the-Brazos, now commonly referred to as the “birthplace of Texas.” Similar to the United States Declaration of Independence. -
Battle of San Jacinto
The birthplace of Texas liberty. Cries of "Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad!" Battle was less than 20 minutes long -
Texas Win Its Independence
The Republic of Texas won its independence on April 21, 1836, with a final battle along the San Jacinto River. -
Texas Annexation
The 1845 incorporation into the United States of America of the Republic of Texas, which was admitted to the Union as the 28th state. -
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Mexican American War
A war fought between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848. The United States won the war, encouraged by the feelings of many Americans that the country was accomplishing its manifest destiny of expansion. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The treaty added an additional 525,000 square miles to United States territory, including the land that makes up all or parts of present-day Arizona, California, Colorado, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah and Wyoming. -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo/Mexican Cession
The Mexican Cession of 1848 is a historical name in the United States for the region of the modern day southwestern United States that Mexico ceded to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848.
In February 1848, the two countries signed the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The treaty recognized Texas as a U.S. state, and ceded a large chunk of land — about half the area that belonged to the Mexican republic — to the United States for the cost of $15 million. -
Gadsden Purchase
Meeting in Mexico City on December 30, 1853, James Gadsden, U.S. Minister to Mexico, and General Antonio López de Santa Anna, president of Mexico, signed the Gadsden Purchase.
It was an agreement between the United States and Mexico, finalized in 1854, in which the United States agreed to pay Mexico $10 million for a 29,670 square mile portion of Mexico that later became part of Arizona and New Mexico.
