Territorial and Commercial Expansion of the United States, 1800-1900 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from Territorial and Commercial Expansion of the United States, 1800-1900 In 1819 the boundary between Texas and the United States was fixed at the Sabine River. In 1820 Moses Austin, who was then residing in Missouri, received a grant of land in Texas from the Spanish authorities of Mexico, and his son, Stephen F. Austin, conducted a colony to a point near the present city of Austin, and this was soon followed by other colonies. In 1824 Texas and the province of Coahuila were established as a Mexican State and a Mexican commandant placed in charge. His treatment of American citizens created great dissatisfaction, and in 1833 the American settlers, who at that time numbered fully held a convention, prepared a State constitution, and sent Col. S. F. Austin to the city of Mexico to request that Texas be established as a separate State of the Mexican Republic. He was detained until 1835 and. Mexican troops sent to occupy the territory. Several engagements occurred during 1835 in which the Texans were successful, and in November, 1835, a provisional government was formed, Henry Smith elected governor, Sam Houston commander in chief, and S. F. Austin a commissioner to the United States. On December 22 a declaration of independence was issued. Santa Anna, then President of the Mexican Republic, entered the State at the head of men, suppressed the revolt, and during this period occurred the storming of the Alamo, a fort near San Antonio and the slaughter of its garrison numbering 172 men, who on its capture after eleven days' siege by Mexicans, were all slaughtered except 3 persons - a woman, a child, and a servant - the Mexican loss during the siege being General Houston, in command of the Texan troops, finally succeeded in defeating the Mexican forces and captured Santa Anna, ending the war, and in September, 1836, Houston was elected president, and on October 22 inaugurated. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.