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- -Texan War started in Oct. 2, 1835 and ended in April 21, 1836
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-Mexican-American War started in April 25, 1846 and ended in Feb. 2, 1848

- Are standard is about Texas War for independence and the Mexican- American War, including territorial settlements, the aftermath of the wars, and the effects the wars had on the lives of Americans, including Mexicans Americans today.

- Texas war started in 1836 and the conflicts all started in 1820 when the Spanish governor of Texas gave Moses Austin a land so he could establish a colony. Moses then died and his son Stephen Austin led a 300 groups of Americans into Texas. Soon after Mexico won there independence from Spain and the government agreed to honor Austin the claim of the land with the conditions of them to worship the Roman Catholics and not bring slaveholders.

-The real conflict then began when they brought thousands of Americans that flooded Texas and they did not follow the agreement they had with the government. The Mexican government tolerated this violations of its laws. Then in 1830 they banned territory of the American settlement and still more and more Americans arrived. The Mexicans tried to enforce it’s laws but they did not listen. Mexico then began to raise heavy taxes on Americans imports.

-By 1846, the united States and Mexico stood on the brink of war. Mexicans were furious at the American annexation of Texas the year before. Americans felt that Mexico stood in the way of Manifest Destiny. After a border dispute erupted in hostilities, U.S. troops attacked Mexico on two fronts in order to achieve victory quicker. - The final days of the war General Scott's victory outside Mexico City, U.S forces had surrounded the Mexican capital. The northern territories of California and New Mexico were under Fermont's and Kearny's position, and Taylor moved south to press for attack. With the loss of Mexico City, the Mexican government moved to make peace. ** Rush to the West **

**-**Even before the war ended, group of people began to move to the part of Mexican Cession today is known as Utah. This people were the Mormons, members of the Christian Church. This church was found in 1830 by Joseph Smith a New York Farmer. Which said that the vision had revealed to him the text of the holy book called the //Book of Mormon.// Their church quick grew but some of their teachings often confronted conflicts with their neighbors. Something else Smith favored was **polygamy,** the practice of having more than one wife at a time. - After being awhile New York the communities around forced them to move to Ohio and then to Missouri. By 1844 they had settled in Nauvoo, Illinois. After there move Smith was killed by an angry mob. After the death of Joseph Smith, **Brigham Young** took over and he was the new Mormon leader. He new that Nauvoo was no longer a safe place so he moved to Utah desert that was owned by Mexico. Then in 1847 he lead a group of people on a long trip which was very risky and dangerous to the valley of Great Salt City.

Conflict with the Government- In 1848, as a result of the Mexican Cession, Utah became part of the United States. The Mormons leaders immediately came into conflict with officials appointed to govern the territory. - There were three issues that separated the Mormons and the Federal Government. First one is that the Mormon church controlled the election process in the Utah Territory. Second was that the church supported businesses that were owned by Mormons which made the outsider have difficulty with their business. The third issue was polygamy, which was illegal in the rest of the country. This problems weren't resolved till 1896 it became a state because Mormons stopped favoring the Mormons businesses and stopped polygamy. The California Gold Rush GOLD IS DISCOVERED- An event in Jan. 1848 altered California's history. James Marshall was building a sawmill on John Sutter's property near Sacramento; when one morning he found a small gold looking nugget in a ditch. Sutter dried to keep his discover to himself. But the news spread like a wildfire throughout the whole country. By 1849 the gold rush had begun. -The finding of the gold attracted 80,000 fortune seekers. The nick name was the "**//forty-niners"//** //was a given to those people that came to California in search of gold.// || Mexico || -Texan while they were capturing Santa Ana
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 * ===**2-4 Key quotes about any persons or parts of your standard** === || "Remember the Alamo"

"American blood upon American soil" -James K. Polk

"Mr. Polk's War" -Northerners say that Polk provoked the War ||  took 300 Americans to Texas. The Mexicans agreed to let them live there only if they followed the Catholic Church and to not bring or own slaves. The Americans didn't follow the rules so this started the Texan war. He was also known as the father of Texas
 * Describe any specific people involved and what they are known for || -Stephen Austin(1793-1836)

 -James K. Polk(1795-1849)  Our 11th president. He was the one who asked Congress to declare War to Mexico.

 -John C. Fremont(1813-1890)  also know as the Pathfinder. He explored all over the west and also made the Oregon Trail. || ||
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