Wars/Battles/Revolt
decisive victory that gave Texas independence from Mexico.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
agents of the Mexican republic hired to bring settlers to Texas.
What is empresarios?
Swiss immigrant who started the first Anglo-Californian colony in 1839.
Who is John Sutter?
a conflict between the United States and Mexico, triggered by the U.S. annexation of Texas and a border dispute.
What is Mexican-American War?
search for gold.
What is prospect?
Mexican leader who came to power in 1830 and suspended Mexico's constitution.
Who is Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?
war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas's independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas.
What is the Texas Revolution?
belief that America's fate was to conquer land all the way to the Pacific Ocean.
What is manifest destiny?
U.S. president, elected in 1844, whose administration annexed both Texas and Oregon.
Who is James K. Polk?
a small force of Texian defenders, including Davy Crockett and William B. Travis, were overwhelmed and killed by Mexican General Santa Anna's much larger army after 13 days.
What is the Battle at the Alamo?
a group of western travelers who were trapped crossing the Sierra Nevada mountains in the winter of 1846–47.
What is the Donner Party?
empresario who established the first American colony in Texas.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
a revolt against Mexico by American settlers in California who declared the territory an independent republic.
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
purchase from Mexico of the southern parts of present day New Mexico and Arizona in 1853.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
priest who led the first major Mexican revolt against Spanish rule in 1810.
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla?