They hoped to end the Texas Revolution.
They were mad. Santa Anna Mexican president at that time sent 6000 troops to Texas. In conflict there were couple of battles.
The Treaty of Guadeloupe Hidelgo
They were mad. Santa Anna Mexican president at that time sent 6000 troops to Texas. In conflict there were couple of battles.
They were mad. Santa Anna Mexican president at that time sent 6000 troops to Texas. In conflict there were couple of battles.
Present day Brownsville, Texas.
General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna led Mexican troops into Texas in 1836.
The first armed clash was the Thornton Affair.
Prior to the Alamo, Texas was occupied by Mexican forces as part of the Mexican Republic. The region had been a battleground for control between Anglo settlers and the Mexican government, particularly following the Texas Revolution's tensions. The Alamo, a former Spanish mission, became a pivotal site during this conflict between Texian revolutionaries and Mexican troops.
the Battle of Gonzales on October 2, 1835. It was the first military engagement of the Texas Revolution. Texan settlers successfully defended a small cannon, known as the "Come and Take It" cannon, against the Mexican troops, who were attempting to seize it.
Mexican Texas ended in 1836.
Mexican Texas was created in 1821.
President James K. Polk ordered General Zachary Taylor and U.S. troops into Texas in 1845, as tensions were escalating with Mexico over the annexation of Texas. Polk aimed to assert American claims to the territory and protect U.S. interests, which ultimately contributed to the outbreak of the Mexican-American War in 1846.