Mexico Revolution Drives Immigration to US Bettmann Archive/Getty Images U.S. Immigration officer talking to Mexican refugees at the American end of the International Bridge at El Paso, TX, June 26, 1916. 1910-1917 The long and violent Mexican Revolution causes a surge of Mexicans to cross th...
Iturbide, who earlier declared himself emperor of the new Mexican state, is deposed by his former aide, General Antonio López de Santa Anna, who declares a Mexican republic. Guadalupe Victoria becomes Mexico’s first elected president, and during his tenure Iturbide is executed, and a bitter st...
March 5, 1842 - In a prelude four years prior to the start of the Mexican War, troops under Mexican leader Rafael Vasquez invade Texas and briefly occupySan Antonioin the first invasion since the Texas Revolution. More May 16, 1842 - The second organized wagon train on the Oregon Trail le...
The Mexican revolutionary Pancho Villa was killed in an ambush at Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico. [AC]23 Jul 1923 Gustav Stresemann, the chairman of the Deutsche People's Party, wrote to Crown Prince Wilhelm suggesting that Germany's priority should be the removal of foreign occupation. Within a ...
December 21, 1826 - Group of Texas settlers make first attempt to secede from Mexico in the Fredonian Republic. Republic of Fredonia lasts one month, causes Mexican government to curb immigration from U.S. to region and increased dissatisfaction that leads to eventual Texas Revolution. More ...
American Civil War, four-year war (1861–65) fought between the United States and 11 Southern states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America. It arose out of disputes over slavery and states’ rights. When antislavery candidate Abraham Lin
July 20, 1923: The Assassination of Pancho Villa Ruiz/Wikimedia Commons/Public Domain On July 20, 1923, legendary bandit warlord Pancho Villa was gunned down in the town of Parral. He had survived theMexican Revolutionand had been living quietly at his ranch. Even now, almost a century late...
A timeline of the Algerian War of Independence from French colonization to the end of the Battle of Algiers.
April 21st: The United States lands soldiers in Veracruz, Mexico, following an incident with Mexican troops. A US-Mexico war is averted but the American soldiers remain there for six months. June 28th: Archduke Franz Ferdinand and his wife are assassinated by Serb nationalists, including Gavrilo...
The Age of Reason 3、Philip Freneau (1752-1832) The Rising Glory of America The British Prison Ship To the Memory of the Brave Americans The Wild Honeysuckle The Indian Burying Ground 4、Washington Irving (1783-1859) A History of New York ...