MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR
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1937-1939
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1837-1839
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1835-1836
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1935-1936
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Detailed explanation-1: -Texas Revolution, also called War of Texas Independence, war fought from October 1835 to April 1836 between Mexico and Texas colonists that resulted in Texas’s independence from Mexico and the founding of the Republic of Texas (1836–45).
Detailed explanation-2: -On October 2, 1835, the growing tensions between Mexico and Texas erupt into violence when Mexican soldiers attempt to disarm the people of Gonzales, sparking the Texan war for independence. Texas-or Tejas as the Mexicans called it-had been a part of the Spanish empire since the 17th century.
Detailed explanation-3: -The Republic of Texas won its independence on April 21, 1836, with a final battle along the San Jacinto River.
Detailed explanation-4: -In 1836, after a short but violent struggle, conspicuously mismanaged on both sides, Texas wrested its independence from Mexico, which had itself secured its independence from Spain only fifteen years earlier.
Detailed explanation-5: -Battle of San Jacinto On April 21, 1836, the Texan Army under Sam Houston attacked Santa Anna’s army on the banks of the San Jacinto River with cries of “Remember the Alamo! Remember Goliad! God and Texas!” The battle lasted only 18 minutes and was a resounding victory for the Texans.