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Stephen Austin meets with Mexican President Santa Anna
Austin wants to fight for self government for Texas
Results in the Texas Revolution -
Battle of the Alamo
Texas drove Mexicans from the Alamo.
Santa Anna came and killed all of the Americans at the Alamo. -
Battle of San Jacinto
Texans defeat Santa Anna.
Texans kill 650 of Santa Anna's soldiers in 18 minutes and captured Santa Anna. -
Treaty of Velasco grants Texas Independence
Samuel Houston was the president of Texas
Known as the Republic of Texas -
Slidell's Rejection
John Slidell went to buy New Mexico and California and to gain approval of the Rio Grande as the Texas border
Mexicans refused to receive him -
General Taylor marches troops across the Rio Grande
Mad because they would not see Slidell
Mexicans thought that this was a violation of their rights -
US annexes Texas
Northerners feared this would unbalance slave states and Senate would favor these states
Texas hoped this would happen -
US declares war on Mexico
Started because Mexicans shed "American blood upon American soil"
Idea of manifest destiny pushed them to fight on foreign lands for the first time -
Treaty of Guadalupe ends war with Mexico
Mexico agreed to the Rio Grande border for Texas and ceded New Mexico and California to the US.
US paid $15 million and promised the Mexicans living there freedom of property, religion, bilingual election, and open elections -
Gasden Purchase
Established borders of the borders of lower 48 states
US paid Mexico another $10 million for Oregon
