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stpehen austin establishes colonies in texas
stephen austin esablishes colonies in texas, but due to his beliefes ends up being arrested and sent to mexican prison. Later he is relased. -
stephen austin meets with mexican president.
stephen austin meets with santa anna the president of mexico at the time and talk about purchsing land, sharing land, and giving out land grants to U.S immagrants. -
battle of the almao
austin stephens aruged with the president of mexico and it resulted into a battle at the fort called the almao, stephens followers drove out all of santa annas forces. And as a result santa anna came back with his army andjilled everyone in the fort. -
battle of san jancinto
later in march Sam houston he was in charge of the U.S army, took the army and met santa anna, and fought him, sanata anna was defeated and santa anna was captured. -
texas, annex to the union
texas joins the union -
treaty of velasco
When santa was captured and was forced to sign a treat with the texans giving them indepedance from mexico. -
slidells rejection
santa anna was ousted as president, and they reject american emissary that wanted to talk about land. -
U.S declares war on mexico
mexico and the U.S go to war. -
march to the Rio Grande
Genral Zach taylor marched his troops acroos the Rio Grande to meet santa anna. -
new president for U.S elected
war hero Zack Tayolr becomes the new president. -
Gold rush
in california they dicoverd gold and people rushed to califonia due to gold fever. -
treaty singed, mexican-american war over
mexico agress to new borders. -
california becomes a state
in the 1850's california applied for statehood and it becomes a state.
