Roots of conflict
This law passed by Mexico on April 6, 1830, took away many privileges from American settlers and aimed to stop further immigration.
What is the Colonization Law?
The famous 13-day siege in San Antonio where nearly all the Texan defenders were killed on March 6, 1836.
What is the Alamo?
The river claimed by Texas and the United States as their official southern border.
What is the Rio Grande?
The 19th-century belief and editorial concept that the United States was divinely destined to expand across the North American continent.
What is Manifest Destiny?
The proportion or percentage of territory Mexico lost to the United States following the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What is 45% (or 890,000 square miles)?
The pioneer who originally requested a land grant from Spanish authorities in 1820 to settle 300 families in Texas.
Who was Moses Austin?
The surprise battle lasting only 18 minutes where General Sam Houston captured General Santa Anna and secured Texan victory.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
The river claimed by the Mexican government as the historical boundary line, located about 150 miles north of the Rio Grande.
What is the Nueces River?
The journalist who coined the term "Manifest Destiny" in 1845.
Who was John L. O'Sullivan?
The forced removal program in the 1950s where the U.S. rounded up and deported families of Mexican descent, including many U.S. citizens.
What is the "Operation Wetback Act"?
The amount of land offered to heads of families under Mexican colonization incentives (in acres of free land).
What is 640 acres?
The original name of the Alamo, founded in 1716 by Franciscan Father Antonio Olivares.
What is San Antonio de Valero?
This 1848 treaty officially ended the Mexican-American War and forced Mexico to cede 45% of its territory.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The group of Catholic Irish fighters who left the U.S. army out of sympathy for Mexico and fought alongside Mexican troops.
Who are the San Patricios (Batallón de San Patricio)?
The tax law passed in California in 1848 that declared all indigenous people as foreigners and allowed Anglo-Americans to take over Mexican land claims.
What is the Foreign Miners Tax Law?
This future U.S. President offered five million dollars to purchase Texas, which Mexico refused.
Who was Andrew Jackson?
The name given to the six young Mexican military cadets (ages 13 to 20) who heroically defended Chapultepec Castle.
Who are the Niños Héroes (Child Heroes)?
The two secret and public treaties signed by Santa Anna after his capture at San Jacinto to recognize Texas independence.
What are the Treaties of Velasco?
The U.S. President who led the nation during the Mexican-American War and heavily pursued territorial expansion.
Who was James K. Polk?
The 1851 act that forced Mexican landowners to prove their ownership to a Land Commission in English, resulting in massive land loss.
What are the Land Tenure Acts?
The estimated American population living in Texas by 1830, heavily outnumbering the Mexican population of 7,800.
What is 20,000 to 30,000 Americans?
The execution of four hundred Texans on March 27, 1836, following a defeat in the Alamo.
What is the Goliad Massacre?
The amount of financial compensation the United States agreed to pay Mexico under the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
What is 15 million dollars?
The alternative name used in Mexico to describe the Mexican-American War.
What is the North American Intervention?
The prominent Mexican military leader who lost his leg in the "Battle of the Pastry War" and later served multiple terms as president.
Who was General Santa Anna?