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Treaty of Paris
Treaty of ParisThe Treaty of Paris in 1763 ended the Seven Years’ War, the American counterpart of which was the French and Indian War. -
Marques de Rubi Report
[Rubireport](//http://www.statemuseum.arizona.edu/research/rubi_inspection.shtml)The grueling two-year, 7,500 mile tour, conducted between 1766 and 1768 by the Marqués de Rubí, a high-ranking, respected Spanish noble and field marshal, visited all of the presidios of New Spain’s northern frontier and resulted in recommendations for reform that significantly changed Spanish policy.He traveled an estimated 7,600 miles. -
American Revolution begins
RevaloutionThe defiant act of dumping tea into Boston harbor has incited the British to close Boston's port and send troops to control Massachusetts. -
U.S. Declaration of Independence
MoreThe Declaration of Independence was a statement adopted by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776, which announced that the thirteen American colonies then at war with Great Britain regarded themselves as independent states, and no longer a part of the British Empire. -
United State gain Independence
More to readThe American Revolutionary War (1775–1783), also known as the American War of Independence, was a conflict that erupted between Great Britain and revolutionaries within thirteen British colonies, who declared their independence as the United States of America in 1776. -
COAHUILA AND TEXAS
More In 1689–90 Alonso De León, governor of the Spanish province of Coahuila, extended his authority to include Texas. Early in 1691 he was succeeded by Domingo Téran de los Ríos, who was appointed governor of Coahuila and Texas. -
French Revolution Begins
No one factor was directly responsible for the French Revolution. Years of feudal oppression and fiscal mismanagement contributed to a French society that was ripe for revolt. Noting a downward economic spiral in the late 1700s, King Louis XVI brought in a number of financial advisors to review the weakened French treasury. Each advisor reached the same conclusion—that France needed a radical cMore -
Louisiana Purchase
MoreIn 1803 it was bought from the latter by the United States for $15,000,000 by the Louisiana Purchase. -
Cry of Delores
MoreOn the morning of September 16, 1810, the parish priest of the town of Dolores, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, declared himself in open revolt against Spanish rule from the pulpit of his church, launching the Mexican War of Independence. He exhorted his following to take up arms and join him in his fight against the injustices of the Spanish colonial system and within moments he had an army of some 600 men. This action became known as the "Grito de Dolores" or "Cry of Dolores". -
Green Flag (Gutierrez-Magee Exp.)
The solid emerald green flag that came to represent the First Republic of Texas in 1813 is thought to have been introduced by a Bostonian with Irish ancestry - former U. S. Army Lieutenant, Augustus William Magee.http://www.associatepublisher.com/e/b/ba/battle_of_medina.htm -
Battle of Medina
MoreThe Battle of Medina was fought approximately 20 miles south of San Antonio, Texas on August 18, 1813 during an uprising against Spanish authority in Mexico. -
Panic of 1819
MoreThere were three key causes of the Panic of 1819, inflation, public debt from the War of 1812 and the Louisiana Purchase. The Panic had a lasting affect on the American banking system and directed attention to the crucial 1819-1821 session of Congress. -
James Long
MoreDr. James Long of Natchez, Mississippi, especially - determined to seize their west anyway. Long, the designated political leader of the group,Eli Harris led the first 125 men across the Sabine on June 8, 1819, and occupied Nacogdoches. Long, the designated political leader of the group, Long arrived on June 21, assumed command, and declared Texas independent of Spain and then under the authority of his Supreme Council. -
The Old 300
MoreAustin's Colony was the first legal settlement of North American families in Mexican-owned Texas. Led by the Empressario, Stephen F. Austin, an initial grant for three hundred families--the "Old 300"--in 1821 opened up Texas to a flood of American immigrants, as many as 30,000 by the time of the Texas Revolution in 1835. -
Mexican Independence
moreShortly before dawn on September 16, 1810, Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla made a monumentous decision that revolutionized the course of Mexican history. Within hours, Hidalgo, a Catholic priest in the village of Dolores, ordered the arrest of Dolores' native Spaniards. Then Hidalgo rang the church bell as he customarily did to call the indians to mass. The message that Hidalgo gave to the indians and mestizos called them to retaliate against the hated Gachupines, or native Spaniards, who had exploite -
Imperial Colonization Law
MoreJanuary 4, 1823, the Imperial Colonization Law under Emperor Augustine de Iturbide . The law established the responsibilities and rewards of the Empresario system of recruiting the settlers, the apportionment of land, required adherence to Catholicism, citizenship requirements, and the authority structure within the settlements.[2] Iturbide abdicated March 19, 1823, nullifying the new law. -
Constitution of 1824
MoreThe Federal Constitution of the United Mexican States of 1824 (Spanish: Constitución Federal de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos de 1824) was enacted on October 4 of 1824, after the overthrow of the Mexican Empire of Agustin de Iturbide.
