Mexico
- Fall of Santa Anna
- Directed a military expedition to Texas but didn’t gain anything
- Fall began after Santa Anna came back from the way
- Raised taxes trying to restore the treasury
- Resentment from the states
- Tried to avoid being captured and went into hiding
- Found by Indians and turned over to authorities and imprisoned
- Fall began after Santa Anna came back from the way
- Directed a military expedition to Texas but didn’t gain anything
- He was exiled and got power to come back over 40 year period, he became president 11 times which made the government unstable
- Turmoil of Mexican Government
- Politically unstable
- Strong-arm dictatorship
- Government was too weak to protect the rights of its citizens
- Santa Anna used the Pastry War as a way to gain popularity back in Mexico
- Response to Annexation of Texas
- Declared war on the US
- Mexican-American War
- Main Reasons
- Annexation of Texas
- Americans desire for California and other Mexican territory
- America won every battle because they had lots of artillery and officers
- War was stressful for Mexico
- Lost half of territory (California, New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah)
- Jaurez Rises to Power
- After Santa Anna was exiled in 1855, the liberal movement
- (La Reforma) began
- La Reforma was led by Benito Juarez
- Remained president until 1872 when he died
- La Reforma--Promoted Equal rights for the Indian population, better access to health care and education, lessening the political and financial power of the catholic church, championed the raising of the living standard for the rural poor
- He was president 1857 was not well perceived was liberal so conservatives were upset and rebelled and fled from Mexico City
- In 1858, conservatives rebelled and had to leave Mexico City and went to Veracruz
- In 1861, conservatives lost power – came back as president of Mexico City
- La Reforma
- Liberal, political, and social revolution in Mexico between 1854 and 1876 under the leadership of Benito Jaurez
- La Reforma ended up stripping the military and church of some of their special privileges
BUI People
- Santa Anna
- Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
- Born in Veracruz in 1794
- Wealthy land owner
- His last year in presidency he was kicked out for treason
- Later came back and took over Mexico again as a Dictator
- Was president for 11 years
- Mexican political leader, general, president
- First fought for Mexican independence from Spain
- Known as Napoleon of the West
- He was the leader of the Mexican forces at the battle of the Alamo
- He attacked the Alamo
- Stephen Austin
- Born in Virginia and Raising in Missouri
- Austin, TX is named after him
- Efforts in Texas Revolution with Mexico
- Founder of Anglo-American Texas
- Known as the “Father of Texas”
- Him and his men to make General Martin Pefecto de Cos to surrender
- Houston appointed Austin of 1st Secretary of State---died not too long after
- Continued contributing to Texas
- James “Jim” Bowie
- 19th Century pioneer, soldier, smuggler, slave trader, and land speculator
- He died at the Battle of the Alamo
- was a legendary figure in the Texas History
- Known for the Bowie knife
- very sick, but they left him with two pistols and his knife on his death bed…they said he killed ten of them with his pistol and some with Bowie knife
- Very big into slave trading he worked in slave trading business with brother how he made his money for some time
- Co-Commanded the volunteer forces with William Travis at the Alamo until he became ill
- Died with other Alamo defenders on March 6, 1836
- Davy Crocket
- Tennessee
- Known for the “King of the wild Frontier”
- Best hunter in TN
- Died at the Alamo
- Leader of the Legendary TN Volunteers
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