In early 1835, the Mexican government began to shift away from a federalist model under the guidance of President Antonio López de Santa Anna. This, along with other dictatorial policies, incited many federalists to revolt (Todish, 1998). Texas’ border with Mexico was largely populated by immigrants from the United States. These immigrants had gotten used to a federalist government and a plethora of individual rights, and they did not hide their displeasure at Mexico's shift towards centralism (Henson
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Texas Deaf Smith or Erastus Smith the son of Chilaib and Mary Smith. When Deaf was a child he lost his hearing to a disease. At the age of twelve Deaf moved to Natchez, Mississippi with his parents. Deaf returned in 1821, settling close to San Antonio. Deaf married a Mexican Widow named Guadalupe Ruiz Duran in 1822. The two had four children, three of whom survived to adulthood. In 1825 Deaf settled down with five other men on the claim of James Kerr who was the surveyor of the now colony of Green
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Texas would know him as a brave man and war hero while Mexico would consider him a traitor.. Of all of the patriots of the Texas Revolution, it was Seguín who had the most troubled relationship with the land he helped to found. Born in Bexar, San Antonio on October 27, 1806, Seguín was the son of a prominent Tejano family. As Seguín was growing up, Bexar was a desperately poor place, shattered by decades of Indian raids and violent feuding. Seguín's father, Erasmo, became a key ally of Stephen F.
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had only been free of Spain for some 25 years. They were pretty well vanquished after their revolution and the war with Texas. Polk sent down to Cuba for General Santa Anna to come out of retirement and help his cause in Mexico. (The same Santa Anna, who ten years earlier, lost Texas to Sam Houston.) Santa
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American history. It was a thirteen day siege between the rebellious Texians and the Mexicans. Lt. Colonel William Travis and James Bowie led the Texians, while General Antonio López de Santa Anna led the Mexicans. The Alamo lasted for thirteen days, because of the reinforcements that Colonel James Neill established earlier. At San Antonio Bexar, there were twenty-one various pieces of artillery. Neill was chosen to lead the Alamo, because of his army and artillery experience. During January, Neill had
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country for the next decade (the Lone Star Republic). In the Treaty of Velasco, the Texas-Mexico border was established along the Rio Grande. Mexican President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (pronounced “Santana”) signed the treaty but the problem lied in the fact that the Mexican Congress did not ratify it, nor did Mexican presidents after Santa Anna acknowledge Texas’ independence.Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845. Mexico claimed the international border to be the Nuecos River, while the U
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Some of Mexico’s first president’s would hold office for under a year while others like General Antonio López de Santa Anna would hold presidency for as long as ten terms. During Santa Anna’s presidency, Mexico lost a lot of territory and money to the United States. Santa Anna was then exiled from Mexico after the Mexican-American war that ended up costing Mexico more than it gained. In order to end the war, Mexico lost a large number
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Jackson’s encouragement, a Texan insurrection against Mexican rule.” He was the meeting point between the Indians and the Americans which helped everybody get along. Secondly,History.com says”On April 21, 1836, Sam Houston And some 800 Texans defeated Santa Anna’s Mexican force of approximately
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Onto the topics of Texas, the United States secretly attempted to annex it for its vast resources, although they had claimed to honor Spain, now Mexico’s longtime ownership of it – another addition to their countless broken promises. As Americans started to settle in Stephen F. Austin’s Texan colony, they continued to shamelessly disrespect their culture, with complaints that ranged from the official documents composed in a language of which they expressed refusal to learn, and having to reside under
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The Mexican-American War Samuel Lebron HIST/110CA June 18, 2015 Dr. J. Randall III Introduction The Mexican-American war according to many has a lot of controversy behind it. Many believe that the war was really initiated and provoked by the United States, and President at the time, James K. Polk. Polk envisioned a much larger America (territory) that would one day reach from the east all the way to the west (Pacific Ocean). Amid the controversy of whether it was Mexico or the United
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