USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Magee resigned his army commission in June 1812 and personally recruited many of the soldiers for a military filibustering expedition, taking the rank of colonel alongside Gutiérrez.

Detailed explanation-2: -Augustus William Magee (also McGee; 1789 – 6 February 1813) was a U.S. Army lieutenant and filibuster who led an invasion of Spanish Texas in 1812.

Detailed explanation-3: -The Gutiérrez-Magee or Magee-Gutiérrez expedition of 1812–13 was an early filibustering expedition against Spanish Texas. The expedition took place against the background of growing unrest in Mexico against Spanish rule.

Detailed explanation-4: -Main Idea – In Texas, American filibusters took advantage of Spanish weakness to increase their own power. Setting the Scene: Entrepreneurs like Philip Nolan and Peter Bean (filibusters) came to Texas in 1800 to make money capturing and selling wild horses. Unfortunately for them, this was against the law.