Texas Revolution and Mexican American War Webquest

1. Why did American settlers first move to Texas? What

country was Texas apart of then? Why did that country
start to restrict American immigration?
Mexican Texas is the name given by Texas history scholars
to Texas during the period between 1821 and 1836, when
Texas was an integral part of Mexico. The period began with
Mexico's victory over Spain in its war of independence in
1821.

2. Who was the leader of the Texan Army? Who was the
leader of the Mexican Army? What strategies did each
commander use?
Benito Jurez was the leader of the Mexican army. Sam
Houston was the leader of the Texan Army.

3. Where was the first battle? What battle was fought

outside of San Antonio? Why was it significant? Who was
involved in it?
Alamo was the first battle. It was significant, Sam Houston
Destroyed the Mexicans army.

4. What battle ended the war? Why was it a turning point?

What was a result of the battle?
The capitol of Texas, Sam Houstons army dominated the
Mexican Army.

5. Why did Texas not immediately join the U.S.? How long
was it independent? Who was its leader while it was
independent? When did it join the U.S.?
Texas was a part of the Spanish province of Mexico which
had declared itself independent of Spain. In 1824, when a
considerable number of colonists from the United States
were there, the Mexican government united Coahuila,
previously a separate state, with Texas, and placed a
Mexican as governor over the United States. He treated the

Americans there with great injustice, and some of them,

engaged in a revolution, were compelled to retreat into the
United States in 1827

6. What were the causes of the Mexican American War?

What events led up to the start of hostilities?
The main overall cause of the war was border disputes. War
officially started after John C. Fremont built a fort in
California declaring independence.

7. Who were the leaders of the U.S. Army? Who led the
Mexican Army? How did the war proceed? What was the
American Strategy?
Edward Burleson and Sam Houston. Santa Anna led the
Mexican army. House to house warfare was the strategy.
8. What was the series of events that led to the conquest of
California?
The Conquest of California or Conquest of Alta California by
the United States covers the initial 1846 period of the
MexicanAmerican War in Alta California, the present day
state of California, United States. The Conquest of California
was marked by a series of small battles over 1846.

9. How did the Americans win the War? What was the final
battle?
The MexicanAmerican War lasted from 1846 until 1848. It
grew out of unresolved border disputes between the
Republic of Texas and Mexico after the United States
annexed Texas nine years after the Texas Revolution. It
ended in 1848 with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in
which Mexico sold a vast tract of land that amounted to over
half its national territory to the United States.

9. What was the name of the treaty that ended the war?
What were the results of treaty? Why did the United States
not conquer all of Mexico? The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo,
officially Treaty of Peace, Friendship, Limits and Settlement
between the United States of America and the Mexican
Republic.