Chapter 11

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    Chapter 11

  • Father Miguel Hildalgo Costilla led a rebellion against Spain

  • John Jacob Astor founded a fur trading post called Astoria

    John Jacob Astor founded a fur trading post called Astoria
  • Mexico became independent

  • Mexico wins independence from Spain

  • Stephen F. Austin started a Texas colony

  • Mexico adopts a republican constitution

  • Joseph Smith founded the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints

  • Texans declared their independence from Mexico

  • Mexicans attack the Alamo

  • France recognizes Texas as independent nation

  • Britain recognized Texas as independent nation

  • anti-Mormon mob murderd Joseph Smith

  • Texas and Mexico signed a peace treaty

  • The Whig Party chose Henry Clay as its presidential candidate

  • 5,000 settlers occupied the Willamette Valley

  • Oregon became a US territory

  • 40,000 Mormons in Utah

  • Polygamy was outlawed by the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints