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Austin Establishes a Colony in Texas
Stephen Austin had brought the first 300 families to his settlement (The Austin Colony), now known in Texas history as the Old Three Hundred. -
Mexico places restrictions on American immigration
People wanted to live in the Texas territory were there was more land. To the settlers, there was no definite boundary between the U.S. and Mexico -
Stephen Austin meets with Mexican President Santa Anna
Austin is sent by to meet with the president about Texan territory. He is later arrested for igniting rebellion and put in Mexican Prison. -
Battle of the Alamo
Mexican Troops stormed the Alamo Mission. All but two the Texians fighting were killed. -
Battle of San Jacinto
Texans led by Sam Houston and defeated the Mexican troops -
Treaty of Velasco
The Treaty of Velasco grants Texas Independence/ both a public treaty and a secret treaty -
U.S. annexes Texas
This constitution was later accepted by the U.S. Congress, making Texas a U.S. state on the same year that the annexation took effect -
Slidell's Rejection
President Polk sends Spanish speaking representative John Slidell to mexico to purchase California and to create the Texian border and the Mexicans refuse to see him -
General Taylor marches troops across Rio Grande
Was first to try and negotiate with the Mexican people. He was ordered to guard against any attempts by Mexico to reclaim the territory. -
Gold discovered at Sutter's Mill, California
started the California gold rush. Gold found first by James W. Marshall -
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ends war with Mexico
United States acquired more than 500,000 square miles of valuable territory in this treaty. The treaty ensured that Mexico would remain an underdeveloped country well into the twentieth century. -
U.S. declares war on Mexico
It was declared becasue-
Manifest Destiny: The belief that the United States is destined to extend all the way from the Atlantic to the Pacific.
It started because the Americans claimed the Texas-Mexico border to be at the Rio Grande. The Mexicans claimed the Texas-Mexico border to be at the Nueces River. -
California applies for statehood
Mexico ceded it to the U.S. in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848, but had not been part of the areas east of the Rio Grande which had been claimed by the Republic of Texas. -
Zachary Taylor elected president
Known as "Old Rough and Ready," for his victory in the Battle of Palo Alto and the Battle of Monterrey during the Mexican–American War. -
Gasden Purchase
Arizona and New Mexico are purchased by the US/he Gadsden Purchase was for the purpose of the US's construction of a transcontinental railroad
