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Mexico Started to give out land via land grants to Texan settlers.
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Stephen F Austin went to Mexico to talk with Mexican President Santa Anna about getting Mexico to become independent.
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As Stephen F Austin was returning from Mexico Santa Anna overturned the 1824 Mexican constitution and jailed Stephen F Austin which lead to angering many people and lead to a rebllion.
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Mexico gets pushed back all the way to the Alamo.
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Battle of Alamo happens, and all defendants including Jim Bowie and Davy Crocket are killed.
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After Texas gained momentum from the loss at the Alamo, they beat Mexico in almost every remaining battle and then decided to become the Republic of Texas and afterwards joined the union via annexation.
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James K Polk won the presidency
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Texas became the official next state in the Union.
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Taylor positioned forces at the Rio Grande to prove to Mexico that that was the border.
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9 US troops were killed by Mexican solidiers after they believed that the US went across their border, this gave Polk the power in congress to declare war.
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Colonel Kearny walked from Kansas to New Mexico.
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Kearny marched to Cali and then joined up with fremont and took control of Cali from the Spanish missionaries that now belonged to Mexico.
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Mexico got dominated throughout the battle by generals like Robert E Lee and Uylsess S Grant
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In 1847 the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was signed which gave the US control of Texas, California, New Mexico and much more, and Mexico recieved 15 million dollars.