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Mexican Government Bans American Immigration to Texas
*law of apr 6, 1830 angered many Mexicans, Tejanos, and Anglos because it stopped American immigration to Mexico -
Mexican Government Rejects the Texas constitution
- unhappy with the way Mexicans ruled, the Texans created a list of changes they wanted
- the Mexican government later rejected the wanted changes
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Battle of Gonzales
*This is the first battle of the Texas Revolution.
* In 1831 Mexican leaders ave settlers of Gonzales a brass cannon to protect them selves from Comanche threats
* as unrest spread the Mexican commanders in Texas wanted the cannon back due to the fact that they felt it unwise to leave the settlers a weapon
*resulted in Mexican withdrawal -
Battle of Goliad
- took place at presidio La Bahia Goliad resulted in Texan victory
*in early morning hours,Texas settlers attacked the Bahia, a fort near Mexican Texas settlement
- took place at presidio La Bahia Goliad resulted in Texan victory
*in early morning hours,Texas settlers attacked the Bahia, a fort near Mexican Texas settlement
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Siege of Bexar
*took place at modern day San Antonio, Texas and resulted in Texan victory.
* an army of Texan volunteers laid siege to a Mexican army in San Antonio de Bexar
* after Texas forced away Mexican troops, the Texan army grew to 300 and elected Stephen F. Austin as commander too bring unity -
Battle of Concepcion
- resulted in Texan victory
- took place at Mission Concepcion in San Antonio de Bexar
- Mexican troops under cololnel Domingo Ugartechea and Texans under James Bowie and James Fannin
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Battle of Lipantitlan
*took place at Fort Lipantitlan near San Patrico, Texas along the Nueces River
* resulted in Texas victory
* battle was between the Mexican army and Texan rebels as part of the Texas revolution -
Grass Fight
*took place near San Antonio de Bexar
*resulted in Texan victory
* was the last engagement in the siege of San Antonio before the final Texan assault on the town
* a small battle during the Texas revolution between the Texas army and Mexican army -
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Battle of the Alamo
*took place at the Alamo mission at San Antonio, Texas, resulted in a Mexican victory
* After a 13 day siege, Mexican troops under president General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna assaulted the Alamo, killing all of the Texan defenders -
Battle of san Patricio
*took place near San Patricio, Texas , resulted in Mexican victory
*Texan leader is Antonio lopez de Santa Anna and mexican leader was Jose de Urrea
* was an outgrowth of the Matamors expeditionof 1835-36. -
texas declares Independence from Mexico
- the texas declaration of independence was the formal declaration of independence of the Republic of texas from mexico *it was adopted at the convention of 1836 on march 2
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Bayttle of Agua Dulce
- took place 25 miles SW of San Patricio
- resulted in Mexican victory was a battle of the Texas revolution and after math of the controversial Matamoros expedition of 1835-36 *part of the Goliad campaign to retake the Texas gulf coast
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Sam Houston is Named The First President of the Republic of Texas
*Sam Houston became head of state when Texas was an independent Republic
* on this day Sam Houston was elected as president which earned Texas its independence from Mexico in a successful military rebelion -
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Battle of Coleto Creek
*took place at Goliad County, Texas and resulted in a Mexican victory
*one of the most significant engagements during the Texas revolution
*originally caled Battle of the Prairie -
Battle of San Jacinto
*near modern day LA Porte, Texas
*resulted in Texas victory, Mexicans retreated to the south of the Rio Grande
* This battle battle was the deciding battle of the Texas Revolution
Led by Sam Houston the texan army engaged and defeated the Mexican army -
the Treaties of Velasco are Signed
*the republic Texas and general Santa Anna sign the Velasco treaties
* ends the revolution and officially gave Texas independence
* Mexican government says Santa Anna doesn't have the right to sign the treasties and never agrees to them -
Texas becomes part of the U.S
*after the republic of Texas gained its independence from mexico a great number of Texans favored joining the U.S -
the mexican-American war Begins
*Mexican cavalry attacked U.S soldiers in the disputed zone under the command of General Zachary Taylor
* killed a dozen causing the Mexican-American war
*U.S declined to incorporate Texas into Union because politics interests were against the addition of a new slave state.
*Mexican government encouraged border raids -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
*officially entitled the treaty of Peace,Friendship, Limits and settlement between the U.S.A and the Mexican Republic
* was a peace treaty that was signed in the Villa de Guadalupe Hidalgo between the U.S and Mexican Republic that ended the Mexican-American War (1846-1848)
