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| 1821 |
| | A reactionary movement led by Agustín de Iturbide wins new and lasting independence for Mexico | |
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| 1821 |
| | The Sante Fe Trail, from Missouri to New Mexico, is opened up by the US trader William Becknell | |
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| 1822 |
| | Agustin de Iturbide declares himself emperor of the new nation of Mexico, as Agustin I | |
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| 1823 |
| | Guatemala declares independence following the example of neighbouring Mexico | |
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| 1833 |
| | Antonio López de Santa Anna begins the first of five spells as president of Mexico | |
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| 1836 |
| | Sam Houston destroys a Mexican army near the San Jacinto river, completing the seizure of Texas from Mexico | |
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| 1843 |
| | William Hickling Prescott brings the Conquistadors dramatically to life in his 3-volume History of the Conquest of Mexico | |
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| 1846 |
| | President Polk sends a US army into Texas, provoking the Mexican-American War | |
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| 1847 |
| | William Hickling Prescott follows his great work on Mexico with a 2-volume History of the Conquest of Peru | |
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| 1848 |
| | A treaty signed in Guadalupe-Hidalgo, ending the Mexican-American War, gives the US six new states | |
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