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Napoleon Retakes Louisiana
In the late 18th century, The Spanish Empire was dying. Napoleon capitalized on this by strong-arming the Spanish into returning control of the Louisiana Territory to France. This is pivotal because it sets up the Luisiana Purchase 3 short years later. ( De La Teja 103) -
Philip Nolan Killed By Spanish
In the year 1801, Philip Nolan was killed by Spanish Authorities on suspicion of being a spy. Nolan was an American Frontiersman, who led several expeditions in Texas in order to acquire trading goods, despite being denied by the governor of Louisiana for a new trading license, on several occasions ( De La Teja 104) -
Louisiana Purchase
In the time since Napoleon seized power, he started wars with virtually everyone who was some in Europe, namely Britain, Russia and Spain. The thing about wars is the fact they're costly, so in order to alleviate this cost, Napoleon sold The Louisiana Territory to our third president, Thomas Jefferson, for just 15 million dollars, or 4 cents an acre, in 1803. This was huge, as it well over doubled the size of the fledgling United States ( De La Teja 105) -
Neutral Zone Is Formed
Shortly after the Louisiana Purchase, border issues between the United States cartographers as well as Spanish emerged. Fortunately Spanish Col. Herrera and American General Wilkinson came together and figured out a decent solution. In order to avoid a skirmish/ war over where Spanish Texas and American Louisiana started and ended, they agreed to designate that area as the Neutral Zone, where anyone could exist. ( De La Teja 106) -
Father Hidalgo Kickstarts Mexican Revolution
In the year 1810, Father Hidalgo delivered the El Grito De Delores, or The Cry Of Delores, declaring Mexican independence after 300 years of Spanish rule. This was due to Spain's terrible treatment of the Mexican lower classes, as well as the Artificial divided society, created by Spaniards to oppress descendants of Native Mexicans. ( De La Teja 115) -
Father Hidalgo Is Killed
Not even a full year after his famous Grito De Delores, Father Hidalgo was captured by Spanish forces. This was following a decisive Spanish victory at the battle of Calderon Bridge. Hidalgo fled north hoping to escape. He was caught in March and executed by the end of July ( De La Teja 120) -
Gutierrez- Magee Filibuster
Following the deaths of Hidalgo among many other rebel leaders, a blacksmith named Gutierrez traveled all the way to D.C. in order to ask for help from The U.S. He was denied however, he gained the attention of a man named Augustus Magee. With a force of men at their disposal, the pair began attacking and capturing Spanish strongholds in Texas.They had early success, until the Spanish began taking them seriously and wiped them out ( De La Teja 120) -
Battle Of Three Trees
On Galveston Island, in today what we call Lafite's Grove today, was the sight of an epic battle between Buccaneers and Karawankawa Indians. The fight was over a spot of land known as the " Three trees". This is due to this particular triangle of land housing much fauna and flora, beneficial for survival. (De La Teja 123) -
Adams-Onis Treaty
As the Mexican Revolution was raging on, Florida became a burden on the currently occupied Spanish Empire. The U.S. capitalized on these special circumstances and came away with Florida as a result. In return, The U.S. settled the Texas border dispute, and ceded American Land all the way to the Sabine River ( De La Teja 127) -
Mexico Gains Independence
On this Day, Mexican forces captured Mexico City, forcing Spanish Viceroy Donaju to sign away Spain's control of the region. Augustin De Iturbide assumed control as the first Monarch of the fledgling country, creating an entirely new set of problems, very similar to those they just fought to solve. ( De La Teja 129)