treaty of hidalgo- brought an end to mexican american war, treaty was named after the town it was signed in. when mxico was defeated with fall of the capital, in september 1847, the mexican gov surrendered. the began the negotitation period between the two after 2 failed attempts to negotiate a treaty with santa ana the us was determined that they had to conquor them.
Nicholas trist- he was negotiator for the US. the mexican gov had named its special commission to negotiate. against the presidents recall, trist negotiated the peace treaty.
The terms- mexico ceded to the united states upper california and new mexico. they gained all of the southwest part of america. Mexico relinquished the claims to texas and recognized the rio grande as the suthern boundary for the us. polk chose to forward the treaty to the senate and he barely ratified it.
crocket- irish, scottish, french, born august 17th 1776, died march 6 1836 in the alamo. 3 time congressman. was a soldier and a hunter. leader of tennessee volunteers.
stephan austin- known as the father of texas, lead second colonization of texas, brought 300 families to the area. has many towns counties and kids named after him. he told texas to start there own government and was then imprisoned. houston beat austin for president in 1836. and houston led them to their independence. after the war he was secretary of state in houston's cabinet.
santa ana- sometimes called nepoloen, mexican political leader/ general and 11 time president. known for influence on gov of mexico. led victory at alamo. his 3rd wave killed the rest of the texans in the alamo. president or military leader for a span of 40 years. he was a wealthy land owner. firm political views. after the war he went and lived in exile in cuba, columbia, and the US.
Bowie- famous for sandbar fight killed many men with his knife while getting shot. during the alamo he became ill woth pneumonia. helped command the volunteer force and army troops at alamo with colonel travis.
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