FIRST CONTACTS 28000 BCE 1821 CE
SPANISH COLONIES
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Although the expedition failed, the revolutionary spirit in the Texas stayed strong.
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The expedition resulted in Texas becoming part of the United States.
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Spain sent more forces from Mexico to crush a rebellion caused by the expedition.
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None of the above
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Detailed explanation-1: -Despite the victory of the royalists, the Gutiérrez-Magee expedition so intensified interest in Texas that complete peace could not be restored. The province remained the center of plots or the object of invasion until Agustín de Iturbide finally brought the revolution to an end.
Detailed explanation-2: -The Gutiérrez-Magee expedition ended with a terrible loss of some 1, 300 men. Toledo and a few of the men were able to flee to the United States. Spanish officials recaptured San Antonio and conducted a brutal reprisal, executing over 300 people.
Detailed explanation-3: -GUTIÉRREZ-MAGEE EXPEDITION. 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: -The “illegal enterprize” referred to by JM in his 1 September 1812 letter to Monroe was the Gutiérrez-Magee raid, a filibuster into the Spanish province of Texas that had commenced on 8 August 1812.