The Texas Revolution/US-Mexican War



Directions:

Use the following websites and Creating America to create a timeline for the following events. Start with the year 1820 and end with 1850. Use one color to denote Texas Revolution and another to indicate the US-Mexican War.

In creating your timeline you need to be accurate and precise. Use a ruler to measure the length and determine an appropriate interval for each year on the timeline. [ex: if your line is 10 inches long each year would need to be 1/3 of an inch apart.]









Checklist of Events: Place a check next to each item when you have found the information required in placing them in the timeline.

1. “Old Three Hundred” Colonize Texas

2. Stephen Austin meets General Santa Ana in Mexico City to discuss reforms

3. Mexican army tries to capture a cannon in Gonzales

4. Fighting breaks out along the Rio Grande

5. James Polk becomes president

6. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

7. The siege at the Alamo

8. Mexico outlaws slavery

9. Massacre at Goliad

10. National Colonization Law

11. Battle of San Jacinto

12. Mexican Independence

13. John Slidell offers Mexico $25 million for TX, CA, and NM

14. General Zachary Taylor invades Mexico

15. John Fremont invades California

16. Battle of Buena Vista

17. Congress declares war on Mexico

18. Lone Star Republic Established

19. Sam Houston declares Texas a free country

20. Mexico closes Texas to US immigration

21. Texans revolt against Mexico

22. General Stephan Kearny invades New Mexico

23. General Winfield Scott wins at Chapultepec, Mexico City falls

24. Texas enters the US as a slave state

POINT VALUE: 10

The Events in Chronological Order

Texas Revolution

• Mexican Independence

• National Colonization Law

• “Old Three Hundred” Colonize Texas

• Mexico outlaws slavery

• Mexico closes Texas to US immigration

• Stephen Austin meets General Santa Ana in Mexico City to discuss reforms

• Texans revolt against Mexico

• Mexican army tries to capture a cannon in Gonzales

• Sam Houston declares Texas a free country

• The siege at the Alamo

• Massacre at Goliad

• Battle of San Jacinto

• Lone Star Republic Established

US-Mexican War

• James Polk becomes president

• Texas enters the US as a slave state

• John Slidell offers Mexico $25 million for TX, CA, and NM

• Fighting breaks out along the Rio Grande

• Congress declares war on Mexico

• General Zachary Taylor invades Mexico

• General Stephan Kearny invades New Mexico

• John Fremont invades California

• Battle of Buena Vista

• General Winfield Scott wins at Chapultepec, Mexico City falls

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

Rubric

| |Possible Points |Points Received |

|Correct Dates |12 | |

|Use of two colors |2 | |

|Precision of timeline |2 | |

|Neatness |2 | |

|Directions followed and rubric attached |2 | |

|Total |20 | |

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