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Stephen Austin meets with Mexican President Santa Anna
• Austin wants to present petitions for greater self-government for Texas• Austin was not successful -
Battle of the Alamo
• 12 days of fighting• all 187 Texans died -
Battle of San Jacinto
• Sam Houston leads Texans• Defeats Santa Anna in 18 minuntes• Secured Texas’ Independence -
Treaty of Velasco
• Grants Texas Independence• Sam Houston becomes president -
Slidell's Rejection
• Slidell was sent to mexico to purchase California, New Mexico, and to gain approval of the Rio Grande as the Texas Border• Mexican officials refused to receive him -
U.S. annexes Texas
• Sam Houston invited the U.S. to incorporate the Texas republic into the United States • Texas became the 28th state in the Union -
General Taylor marches troops across Rio Grande
• General Taylor leads troops past the Nueces River toward the Rio Grande River• The Mexican-American war started when the troops crossed the Rio Grande -
U.S. declares war on Mexico
U.S. declares war on Mexico - May 13, 1846• President Polk declared war on Mexico over Texas• Polk said that Mexico had started the war by shedding American blood upon American soil -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends war with Mexico
• U.S. paid 15$mill for Mexicans cession of land• The treaty guaranteed Mexicans living in these territories freedom of religion, protection of property, bilingual elections, and open borders -
Gadsden Purchase
• Established current border of 48 states• President Franklin Pierce authorizes his emissary James Gadsden to pay Mexico an additional $10 million for another piece of territory south of the Gila River
