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<p>[QUOTE=&quot;connor1, post: 944943, member: 19521&quot;]Santa Anna massacre :</p><p>In 1834, General <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Santa_Anna" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Antonio_L%C3%B3pez_de_Santa_Anna" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">Antonio López de Santa Anna</span></a> became the dictator of Mexico, abandoning the federal system. He decided to quash the semi-independence of Texas. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_F._Austin" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stephen_F._Austin" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">Stephen F. Austin</span></a> called Texans to arms; they declared independence from Mexico in 1836, and after Santa Anna massacred Texans at the Alamo he was defeated at the <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Jacinto" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_San_Jacinto" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">Battle of San Jacinto</span></a> and seemed to agree to Texas independence. Texas consolidated its status as an independent republic, winning official recognition by Britain, France, and the United States, which all advised Mexico not to try to reconquer the new nation. Most Texans wanted to join the U.S. but the Americans debated the wisdom on annexation, with Whigs largely opposed. In 1845 Texas agreed to the offer of annexation by the U.S. Congress. Texas became the 28th state on December 29, 1845.<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War#cite_note-4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mexican%E2%80%93American_War#cite_note-4" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">[5]</span></a></p><p><b>[<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%E2%80%93American_War&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" target="_blank" class="externalLink ProxyLink" data-proxy-href="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mexican%E2%80%93American_War&amp;action=edit&amp;section=4" rel="nofollow"><span style="color: #0645ad">edit</span></a>] Origins of the war</b>[/QUOTE]</p><p><br /></p>

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