USA HISTORY

MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855

THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
This Mexican president suspended the Mexican constitution and imprisoned Stephen Austin.
A
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
B
Sam Houston
C
Juarez de San Jacinto
D
None of the above
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -In 1834, Mexico granted the region more delegates in the state government, introduced trial by jury, and authorized English as a second language. But a new Mexican president erased these reforms. In April 1834, President Antonio López de Santa Anna suspended the Mexican Constitution and assumed dictatorial powers.

Detailed explanation-2: -Austin. 1834 opened with the arrest of Stephen F. Austin for treason as a result of an inflammatory letter he had written in October 1833 while in Mexico City petitioning the federal government on behalf of the Texan colonists.

Detailed explanation-3: -What is Antonio López de Santa Anna most famous for? In 1836 Antonio López de Santa Anna marched into Texas to quell a rebellion primarily by U.S. settlers there. During this expedition, Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

Detailed explanation-4: -Starting around four o’clock in the afternoon, General Sam Houston and the Texas Army led a surprise charge and defeated Mexican President and General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna and his Army of Operations on April 21, 1836.

Detailed explanation-5: -Escalating the tensions that would lead to rebellion and war, the Mexican government imprisons the Texas colonizer Stephen Austin in Mexico City. Stephen Fuller Austin was a reluctant revolutionary.

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