Texas timeline
What happened after land was granted to Stephen F. Austin?
Mexico founded the McKonkey territory
Why were the relations between the U.S and Mexico unfriendly?
Disagreement between the Algerian-Nigerian border, where mexico and america had territories.
Started in Independence, Missouri and was traveled by traders to set-up businesses and military officers.
Oregon (1821)
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Killed by Cayuse because measles killed their children.
Missionaries
- Dr. Marcus Willaims
Which country approved the Adams-Onis Treaty for territory of the Oregon Country?
Spain
What happened before Santa Anna became president of Mexico; and a dictator
Texans outnumbered Mexicans and would not adapt the Mexican ways.
What was one way the U.S. planned to defeat the Mexicans?
Drive Mexican army out of Texas.
Started in Santa Fe and was traveled by traders to set up businesses and military officers.
Old Spanish (1829)
life was filled with starvation, rough winters
-guided by Kit Carson
Mountain Men
-John Jacob Astor (trader)
Who became president when Zachary Taylor died in office?
Millard Fillmore
Where did the Texans first defeat the Mexicans?
San Antonio
What happened on June 14, 1846?
American settlers declared independence from Mexico.
Traveled by pioneer families in covered wagons to settle on new land.
Oregon (1832)
2,000 miles on foot with family in prairie schooners
Pioneer families
Who settled in the Utah Territory?
Mormons
What was the battle after the Mexicans defeated the Texans at the Alamo?
Goliad- where Texans were executed.
How did the U.S. defeat Mexico?
U.S. warships arrived in CA's ports.
Started at the South Pass of the Oregon Trail
California (1834)
Competition from other businesses over time led to less profit.
Boomtown Merchants
-Levi Strauss
Who settled in the New Mexico Territory?
group and/or specific name
Traders
-William Becknell
Where was the last battle of the Mexican-American War?
San Jacinto
What deal did Mexico turn down before the war?
U.S. offered to pay for CA and NM if Mexico accepted the Texan border.
Started in Nauvoo, IL traveled by those escaping religious persecution.
Mormon (1847)
Land became territory of the U.S; conflicts with federal officers.
Mormons
-leader Joseph Smith
-Brigham Young (new leader)
Whose 1844 presidential slogan was "Fifty-four Forty or Flight!"?
James K. Polk