Events
Napoléon I, a French ruler invaded Spain and forced King Ferdinand VII to give up king to Joseph his brother to the throne.Miguel Hidalgo leads a rebellion against New Spain leading to Mexico's independenceRoyalists force the rebellion to stop. Later Hidalgo, was guilty of heresy and treason and sentenced to deathJosé María Morelos led the next strike and the declaration of independence and a constitution was issued for Mexico. Later José was executed for heresy and treasonAfter Ferdinand VII had been reinstated to the throne, Spain revolted against the French, and the king reinstated the Constitution of 1812.Agustín de Iturbide drafted the Plan of Iguala, criollos, and peninsulares accepted completing the process of Mexican independenceSanta Anna's hunger for power became apparent, Iturbide made efforts to curtail his ambitions. Santa Anna openly rebelled against the emperor with Plan de VeracruzSanta Anna helped an attempted coup against President Guadalupe VictoriaThe lawful migration of U.S. settlers into Mexican Texas had commenced.The U.S. attempted to buy Texas from Mexico for 5 million dollarsU.S. settlers dominated Texas, and differences with Mexicans started the conflictFull-scale fight outbreaks and start the stride to the independence of TexasMexico took Texas Independence as a rebellion, dispatching General Antonio López de Santa but Sam Houston and the Texan army secured victory in the Battle of San Jacinto.Two treaties were negotiated with representatives from Texas and Mexico, resulting in a public treaty and a secret one. The secret treaty was public after the conditions in the public treaty had been fulfilled.Sam Houston became the first elected president of the Republic of Texas after the victory
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