The Rosetta Stone is a text written by a group of priests in Egypt to honour the Egyptian pharaoh. It lists all of the things that the pharaoh has done that are good for the priests and the people of Egypt.
| Filed Under: Geography Leave a Comment. Texas was once part of Mexico, but when U.S. citizens began settling there in the early 1800s, they revolted because they didnât like the Mexican governmentâs efforts to control them.
Many American settlersand Tejanos, or Mexicans who lived in Texas, wanted tobreak away from Mexico.They did not like laws made bySanta Anna, Mexicoâs president.The Tejanos and Texansdecided to fight for independence.In 1836, Santa Anna took an army to San Antonio totake a fort called the Alamo.eople who wanted to annex Texas said itwas the manifest destiny of the United States to spread fromthe Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean. In 1845, James Polkbecame President. Congress voted to annex Texas. War with Mexico The United States and Mexico disagreed on the borderbetween Texas and Mexico.