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battle of san jacinto
- After the Alamo and goliad, waves of fighters from the U.S. joined Sam Houston's army. -On april 21, 1835 Houston's army attacked general Santa Ana and the mexican american army at the San Jacinto River. -600 mexicans were killed in minutes for revenge.
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The Loredo incident
-Mexican soldiers seized San Antonio twice which was 75 miles north of the nueces river.
-A group of Anglo Texans raided the city of Loredo.
-Mexican forces captured Anglo Texans and when they tried to escaped, they killed every tenth man. -
The bear flag revolt
-the revolt was organized by John C. Fremont,
-A group of 40 armed anglos went to the mariano vallejos ranch in sonoma, california on june 14, 1846
-Mariano Vallejo was a mexican military commander of california.
-vallejo supported the U.S. annexation of california. -
The return of General Santa Ana
-As mexico struggled to push back the U.S, General Santa Ana took command of the mexican army -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
-The treaty of Guadalupe hidalgo granted the U.S. a title to almost half of mexican territory.
-diplomats from the U.S. got together to sign a peace treaty in a village called Guadalupe Hidalgo.
- 9 days after the treaty being signed, gold had been discovered in california.
