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TEXAS & WAR W/MEXICO

LESSON 4 - CH. 13

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TREATY OF GUADALUPE HIDALGO THIS DOCUMENT ENDED THE WAR BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND MEXICO
MANIFEST DESTINY THE BELIEF THAT IT IS THE RIGHT OF THE UNITED STATES TO OCCUPY AND CLAIM NEW LAND FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN.
STEPHEN AUSTIN HE BROUGHT ABOUT 300 FAMILIES TO TEXAS TO SETTLE.
ANTONIO LEPEZ DE SANTA ANNA MEXIAN GENERAL WHO ATTACKED THE ALAMO IN TEXAS. HIS TROOPS DEFEATED THE TEXANS
DAVID CROCKETT VOLUNTEERED FOR THE TEXAS ARMY TO FIGHT SANTA ANNA'S TROOPS. HE DIED DEFENDING THE ALAMO.
JIM BOWIE LED A VOLUNTEER ARMY TO FIGHT THE MEXICANS AT THE ALAMO
ALAMO A SPANISH MISSION IN TEXAS THAT WAS CHANGED INTO FORT. MEXICAN TROOPS ATTACKED THE FORT IN 1836.
WILLIAM TRAVIS COMMANDER OF THE TEXAS ARMY
SUZANNA DICKENSON SURVIVOR OF THE ALAMO WHO CARREID WORD OF THE TEXANS' DEFEAT TO SAM HOUSTON - THE LEADER OF THE TEXAS FORCES
SAM HOUSToN GENERAL OF THE TEXAS ARMY. WHEN TEXAS BECAME A STATE THE CAPITAL WAS NAMED AFTER HIM.
LORENZO DE ZAVALA THE FIRST VICE-PRESIDENT OF TEXAS WHEN IT BECAME INDEPENDENT FROM MEXICO
JAMES K. POLK ELECTED PRESIDENT IN 1845. MADE TEXAS A STATE.
ZACHORY TAYLOR GENERAL WHO LED AMERICAN TROOPS ACROSS THE RIO GRANDE TO CAPTURE SEVERAL MEXICAN CITIES. HIS ARMY WON THE BATTLE OF BUENA VISTA IN 1847. EVENTUALLY HE BECAME THE 12TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
CHAPULTEPEC FORTRESS THAT GUARDED THE MEXICAN CAPITAL
BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO THIS BATTLE RESULTED IN THE CAPTURE OF SANTA ANNA WHO AGREED TO ASK MEXICO TO GRANT INDEPENDENCE TO TEXAS IN EXHANGE FOR HIS FREEDOM.
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