The New Republic
The New Republic is the story of how the United States won its freedom with Spain's help and how the new nation dealt with the growing Spanish colonies that bordered it. It is a story of gain and loss, struggle and compromise, that would eventually lead to the end of Spanish rule in the Americas and the emergence of a new Hispanic nation, Mexico. Book jacket.
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Adams-Onís Treaty Agustín de Iturbide American colonies AMERICAN REVOLUTION Andrew Jackson Anglo Americans Apache army attack Austin became Bernardo de Gálvez Britain British California mission capital cattle coast colonists Comanche Creoles criollos Cuba declared European Fages FALL OF SPANISH Father Hidalgo forts France French Gálvez captures Gulf of Mexico independence from Spain Juan King Carlos LATINOS leader Leona Vicario lived LONG ROAD Manuel Armijo mestizos Mexican government MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE Mexico City Mississippi River Monroe Doctrine Morelos Napoleon Native Americans North America nuevomexicanos Orleans peninsulares Pike province rancheros ranchos rebellion rebels REPUBLIC RESTLESSNESS revolutionary RISE AND FALL ROAD TO MEXICAN Santa Anna Santa Fe Trail santeros santos SECOND RISE seize Seminoles Serra Simón Bolívar slave soldiers Spain Spaniards Spanish America Spanish borderlands Spanish colonies SPANISH FLORIDA Spanish governor Spanish settlers Spanish troops territory Texas took traders U.S. president U.S. president James United Unzaga vaqueros West Florida William Becknell Zéspedes