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Mexico opens Texas to American settlers
The Mexican government, which owned Texas, began to actively encourage the American colonization of Texas in order to promote trade and development. By 1830, about 7,000 Americans lived in Texas, outnumbering Hispanic settlers two to one. -
American Temperance Society Founded
The American Temperance Society (ATS) began in Boston on February 13, 1826. It was first called the American Society for the Promotion of Temperance. Two Presbyterian ministers co-founded the group. They were Dr. Justin Edwards and the better-known Lyman Beecher. -
Anti-Catholic Riot in Boston
The Ursuline Convent riots occurred August 11 and 12, 1834, in Charlestown, Massachusetts, near Boston, in what is now Somerville, Massachusetts. During the riot, a convent of Roman Catholic Ursuline nuns was burned down by a Protestant mob. -
Cherokee Indians removed on "Trail of Tears" (ended 1839)
In 1838 and 1839, as part of Andrew Jackson's Indian removal policy, the Cherokee nation was forced to give up its lands east of the Mississippi River and to migrate to an area in present-day Oklahoma. The Cherokee people called this journey the "Trail of Tears," because of its devastating effects. -
Mormon Migration to Utah (ended 1847)
After 17 months and many miles of travel, Brigham Young leads 148 Mormon pioneers into Utah's Valley of the Great Salt Lake. Gazing over the parched earth of the remote location, Young declared, “This is the place,” and the pioneers began preparations for the thousands of Mormon migrants who would follow. The Mormons, as they were commonly known, had moved west to escape religious discrimination. -
Order of the Star-Spangled Banner (Know-Nothing party) formed
The Order of the Star Spangled Banner or The Know Nothings. "The Know-Nothing party was a U.S. political party that flourished in the 1850s. The Know-Nothing party was an outgrowth of the strong anti-immigrant and especially anti-Roman Catholic sentiment that started to manifest itself during the 1840s.
