USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

TEXAS ANNEXATION PROBLEM

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Who was involved in the Cordova Rebellion to take over Texas?
A
Pablo Cordova, Anson Jones, and Satanta.
B
The U.S. Army and the French Army.
C
The U.S. Government and the Mexican Government.
D
Cherokee, unhappy Tejano Texans, and the Mexican government.
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -This is when Vicente Cordova, a Mexican citizen of Nacogdoches and agent of the Mexican government, jumped into the mix. He led a band of Mexicans and Kickapoo Indians in a rebellion in the area of the Angelina River. Then in November, Gen. Thomas J.

Detailed explanation-2: -In August 1838 he assembled a large group of Mexican loyalists and Indians on an island in the Angelina River, but the Córdova Rebellion, as it was called, was quickly suppressed. Afterward, Córdova, accompanied by a small group of Mexicans, American Indians, and Blacks, attempted to flee to Matamoros, Tamaulipas.

Detailed explanation-3: -Some Cherokees were eager to join Cordova’s rebellion because Texans had promised the Indians title to Piney Woods land if they remained neutral during the recent Texas Revolution. But in 1837, after Texas won its freedom, the land treaty was declared null and void by the Texas government.

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