MANIFEST DESTINY 1806 1855
THE OREGON TRAIL WESTWARD MIGRATION TO THE PACIFIC OCEAN
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Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna
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Miguel Hidalgo
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Porfirio Diaz
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Benito Juarez
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Detailed explanation-1: -Santa Anna was elected president of Mexico in 1833, the first of five presidential stints. But his autocratic centralism caused rebellion at the local level. It was in this context that his army marched north to Texas. General Martín Perfecto de Cos marched to Texas ahead of Santa Anna intent on punishing the rebels.
Detailed explanation-2: -Antonio López de Santa Anna: Mexico 1821–1855 | Caudillos in Spanish America 1800–1850 | Oxford Academic.
Detailed explanation-3: -Determined to crush the Texas rebels, Santa Anna took command of the Mexican army that invaded Texas in 1836. His forces successfully defeated the Texas rebels at the Alamo, and he personally ordered the execution of 400 Texan prisoners after the Battle of Goliad.
Detailed explanation-4: -Antonio López de Santa Anna, a military and political leader who served as president eleven times during the course of his remarkable career, was the central figure in Mexican public life during the second quarter of the nineteenth century.