Chapter 7 & 12 By Tyrus Perez & Josh Williams

* In the 1820’s American crossed the Mexican border settling in a territory called Tejas. * 1826 President john Adams tried to purchase Texas for a million dollars but Mexico refused the offer. *1827 Mexico was worried about the U.S westward expansion so the Mexican government sent a commission to investigate the influx of Americans into Texas. * 1830 the Mexican government outlawed the institution of slavery and prohibited further American Immigration into Texas *1835 20000 Americans were in Texas out numbering the 4000 Mexicans. *War came in 1836 when some Americans in Texas began an armed insurrection against Mexican authority. *In the 1840s many Irish immigrants served for the U.s Armed forces because they were pushed from their home by the British. *1845 America annexed the lone star republic and Mexico broke off diplomatic relations. Now the tension was focused on the border * 1846 General Mariano was waken up by 30 Armed Americans, they were trying to take California from the Mexicans now. *Early 1848 Mexico accepted the rio grande as the bored for texas and sold the southwest territory to the U.S for 15 million which included present day states California , new Mexico, Arizona, Nevada, and parts of Colorado and Utah. *cattle industry started to decline in 1850’s The Mexicans didnt come to american we invaded their home and called it ours. Mexican struggled in America because americans were forcing their lifestyle on them while discriminating them.

Chapter 12 The development of transportation is what accelerated the movement of Mexicans to the U.S. in 1895 Also In 1895 the Mexican International Railroad had extended a line 900 miles into Mexico, linking the Texas border town of Eagle pass with Durango In 1908 in southern California and Texas , a researcher found that Mexicans do most of the excavating and road building In 1910 the mexican revolution forced tens of thousands of refugees to flee northward In 1914, women represented only 00.24% of the 5,00 0 asian Indians in California In 1915 Jesus Moreno who arrived in Los Angeles with his family said , “we were running away from the rebellion.” In 1918 in Los Angeles, 70% of the Mexicans were unskilled blue collar workers In 1920 in El Paso, only 5% of the Mexicans were in professional and managerial occupations Also in 1920, 6,400 Mexican Indians entered the U.S. from India In 1928 a texas official estimated that Mexicans represented about 75% of all construction labor In 1929 a journalist observed that it’s the Mexicans who do the common labor and that they have imported them for that very reason Between 1928 and 1933, Mexican farm laborers in California had their wages cut from 35 cents to 14 cents an hour