Antonio López de Santa Anna

prohibit immigration to Texas from the US with the purpose of limiting the influence of English speaking settlers. This event happened during President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna’s ruling. Santa Anna believed that the best way to enforce the law was by abolishing slavery and enforcing customs duties in the borders. On March 1836, President Santa Anna…

mining company, and a failed bank director. In 1820 the governor of Arkansas appointed him as a circuit judge. Stephen Austin's father Moses Austin took steps towards establishing an American colony in the Tejas province in 1820 he traveled to San Antonio and petitioned for a land grant in 1821 he received approval to settle 300 American families on 200,000 acres of land but Moses Austin died before completing his plans and the colony fell to Stephen Austin. Austin decided on a site on the…

Gum is a chewy candy like food that people are able to chew but not eat. It can be sweet, minty, or sour. Gum is a candy that is very well known in today's societies. But little do people know gum has been around longer than they think. Gum has been around since ancient greece and many people from ancient greece would chew on bark and sap off of Mastic tree bark. But people in ancient greece weren't the only people to chew forms of gum. There were people like the mayans, Eskimos, and even south…

Manifest Destiny was not benevolent, but an aggressive imperialism pursued at the expense of others because America spreaded its boundaries over a vast area. The removal of the Indians, possession of Oregon and Texas, as well as the Mexican War, were all results of Manifest Destiny. Manifest Destiny was an. aggressive imperialism pursued at the expense of others due to events similar to the removal of Indians. William Henry Harrison was a congressional delegate from the…

of the peninsula by Napoleon in 1808. The goal of the French was to isolate England’s sources to the sea. In order to avoid an overthrow, the Portuguese royal family and its followers made their way to Brazil; their center of the empire moving to Rio de Janeiro. King John VI, ruled Portugal’s colonies from its colony in Brazil. This made relations between the elites and their subjects effortless. This paved the way for a gradual transition to independence. After Napoleon’s defeat in 1815, John…

western territory. The British remained owner of Florida during the Revolutionary War, but from the Treaty of Paris in1783 Florida returned to Spanish control. The Adams-Onis Treaty was negotiated by John Quincy Adams and the Spanish Minister, Don Luis de Onis. The treaty included the acquisition of Florida by the U.S. and the establishment of a boundary line between Spanish territory and the United States. The treaty was signed in February 1819 and was ratified in…

Texas has gone through several events throughout the years in order to become part of one of the most powerful countries in the world, the United States. After having differences and rebellious acts against Mexico to become independent, Texas converted into an independent Republic on 1836 for a short amount of time. Once Texas gained its independence, the United States perceived an opportunity to expand the territory and annex Texas into the country. With the thought of expansion that the…

Americans to live there only if the Americans followed the Mexican laws but the Americans did not follow the Mexican laws. The Americans that was living in Mexico disliked the Mexican laws so they decided to fight for Texas. The Americans defeated Santa Anna’s…

Many historians believe that the Mexican Revolution was the first great revolution of the twentieth century. Beginning in 1910 and ending in the 1920’s, the Revolution was a result of several economic, social, and political conflicts. However, during the course of the Revolution, many more conflicts arose. With numerous transitions of presidents and political powers and a civil war, the impact on the average Mexican citizen can be argued. Nevertheless, despite the abundance of conflicts caused…

rights of poor Indian communities. He represented the poor natives and became one of the leading lawyers of Oaxaca. He soon became a judge in a federal court and was later appointed as the governor of Oaxaca. During the military regime of Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, he went into exile and returned to become the President. He helped in the overthrowing of Antonio’s government, resisted the French occupation of Mexico and also fought against the Second Mexican Empire. Benito Juarez was the…