Mexico Gains Independence
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- Louisiana Purchase
- 15 million dollars do we have a deal.
- DEAL!
- Mexico Citizens Unhappy
- We want equal right we want equal rights
- Father Miguel Hidalgo
- We want freedomWe want freedom
- No
- In the early 1800s, The United States was a new country that was growing. The Americans needed more land. In 1803 the US bought the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million dollars. This is called the Louisiana Purchase.
- FilibustersPeter Ellis Bean
- The wealthy class controlled the government, land, and jobs and the lower class were treated like slaves and had the worst jobs. They felt they were being unfairly taxed.
- Battle of Medina
- Go Repuplicans
- Go Mexico
- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla, a priest living in New Spain, led a revolt among the lower class in the early 1800s. This modern mural in Guanajuato, Mexico, shows him urging Mexicans to break free of Spanish rule, symbolized by chains.
- Constitution of 1824
- Are people need equals law what are we going to do
- Let make a constiution
- Peter Ellis Bean came to Texas in 1800 with Philip Nolan to make his fortune selling wild horses. Unfortunately for Bean, this work was illegal.
- I will take 50 dollar for each horse
- Deal
- n August 1813 the Republican Army battled Spanish forces south of San Antonio near the Medina River. Commanded by General Joaquin de Arredondo, the Spanish overwhelmed the Republican Army and won a complete victory. Most of the rebels were killed in battle, and others were killed after surrendering.
- After Mexican leader Agustin de Iturbide lost power, the Mexican people wanted a change in government. They called a constitutional assembly to draft (write) a new constitution.
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