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3 days ago · The Mexican–American War, [a] also known in the United States as the Mexican War, and in Mexico as the United States intervention in Mexico, [b] was an invasion of Mexico by the United States Army from 1846 to 1848. It followed the 1845 American annexation of Texas, which Mexico still considered its territory because Mexico refused to ...
- April 25, 1846 – February 2, 1848, (1 year, 9 months, 1 week and 1 day)
3 days ago · Black Hawk Purchase (1832) The United States purchases Potawatomi land in the Treaty of Tippecanoe (1832) The United States purchases the rest of Potawatomi land west of the Mississippi River in the Treaty of Chicago (1833) Andrew Jackson. Second Seminole War. (1835–1842) Part of the Seminole Wars and the American Indian Wars.
4 days ago · United States Gen. Zachary Taylor was victorious over Mexican Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna in the Battle of Buena Vista on Feb. 23, 1847.
5 days ago · Annexation of Texas by the United States of America (1845); Outbreak of the Mexican–American War (1846–1848) First Franco–Mexican War (1838–1839) also known as the Pastry War Mexico France United Kingdom: Defeat. Mexican government accepts to pay the 600,000 pesos; Rebellion of the Republic of the Rio Grande (1840) Mexico: Republic of ...
4 days ago · A Mexican General Issues a Proclamation at Matamoros. Before being replaced by General Arista, General Francisco MejÃa was the commander of the Mexican army at Matamoros, facing the American forces at Fort Texas on the opposite side of the Rio Grande. In this elaborately-worded proclamation, General MejÃa lambastes the Americans for ...
3 days ago · The Spanish-American War ended in December, 1898, when Spain surrendered to the U.S. and negotiated a peace treaty that sold Guam, Puerto Rico, and the Philippines to the U.S. Cuba remained independent, but firmly under the influence of the United States. The Philippine Republic went to war against the U.S. to defend its independence.
5 days ago · Overview of the Siege of Boston during the American Revolution. In the early months of the American Revolution, the first regular U.S. fighting force, the Continental Army, was organized by the Second Continental Congress on June 14, 1775. It comprised the 22,000 militia troops then besieging Boston and an additional 5,000 militiamen in New York.
