TImeline
- 1535- Spain establishes colonial government in Mexico
- 1810- Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla delivers a speech triggering the beginning of Mexico’s fight for independence from Spain
- 1819- Spain and the US sign the Adam-Onís Treaty, establishing the Mexico-US boundary and giving Florida to the US
- 1821- Mexico wins independence from Spain
- 1835- Mexico’s new constitution centralizes the government’s power and outlaws slavery in all Mexican territories. American settlers in Texas declare their independence from Mexico
- 1845- In his annual address to Congress, Polk starts to build a case that the U.S may be forced to go to war with Mexico