The balance was unearthed in 1828 when the Centralists gained control of the government in Mexico City. With this newly acquired power, they decided to exert their control over the northern province, (Armitage, Buhle, Czitrom, Faragher 245). It was now clear what was really happening in Mexico with this shift of power. The American settlers who claimed to become Mexican had an ulterior motive. Instead of conforming to Mexican government, the Americans planned to take over Texas. It was only evident that war broke out in 1835 between the Mexicans and the American-Texans. “Shouting ‘Remember the Alamo’ for the first time, the Texans completely surprised their opponents and won an overwhelming victory. Santa Anna signed a treaty fixing the southern boundary of the newly independent Republic of Texas at the Rio Grande on May 14, 1836,” (Armitage, Buhle, Czitrom, Faragher 245). Despite their efforts, the congress in Mexico refused the treaty and refused to recognize Texan independence. Texas was finally annexed from the United States in 1844, which then enabled the US to acquire Mexico’s northern provinces of California and New Mexico as well. Despite the inherent turmoil suffered from many peoples during the settling of Texas, this territory is considered a major expansion for the United States and it follows perfectly with the notion of manifest destiny. Charles Creighton Hazewell, an expert on Mexican-Texas history once said that, “The mere thought of the changes that have occurred there bewilders the mind; and the inhabitants of orderly countries, whether that order be the consequence of despotism or of constitutionalism, wonder that society should continue to exist in a country where government appears to be unknown." BibliographyArmitage, Susan, Buhle, Mari Jo, Czitrom, Daniel, Faragher, John, 1999. Out of Many (A History of the American People) 2nd Edition, New Jersey, Prentice Hall.Barke...
