USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -The Texas Revolution (October 2, 1835 – April 21, 1836) was a rebellion of colonists from the United States and Tejanos (Hispanic Texans) in putting up armed resistance to the centralist government of Mexico.

Detailed explanation-2: -The most immediate cause of the Texas Revolution was the refusal of many Texas, both Anglo and Mexican, to accept the governmental changes mandated by “Siete Leyes” which placed almost total power in the hands of the Mexican national government and Santa Anna.

Detailed explanation-3: -Battle of San Jacinto, (April 21, 1836), defeat of a Mexican army of about 1, 200–1, 300 men under Antonio López de Santa Anna by about 900 men (mostly recent American arrivals in Texas) led by Gen. Sam Houston.

Detailed explanation-4: -The Mexican-American War was a conflict between the United States and Mexico, fought from April 1846 to February 1848.

Detailed explanation-5: -Most American settlers were from southern states, and many had brought slaves with them. Mexico tried to accommodate them by maintaining the fiction that the slaves were indentured servants. But American slaveholders in Texas distrusted the Mexican government and wanted Texas to be a new U.S. slave state.