Web Sites

Maps

Military Maps of Mexican War: http://www.dean.usma.edu/history/atlases/mexican%20war/mexican%20war%20index.htm

This Westpoint site provides five detailed maps of the major campaigns in the war with Mexico.

Historical Maps of the Americas: http://www.http://www.lib.utexas.edu/maps/historical/history_americas.html

These maps are provided by the Perry-Castaneda Library in the University of Texas. They are historical maps drawn in earlier periods, available online and mainly covering Central,and South America.

Texas Revolution

Alamo--Brief History: http://www.lsjunction.com/events/alamo.htm

This is a brief history of the Alamo and some of the people involved.

Alamo: http://www.thealamo.org/main.html

This is a more detailed history of the Texas Revolution.

San Jacinto: http://wwwhttp://www.earlytexashistory.com/Tx1836/

This site has resources on the Texas Revolution.

The Mexican War

Companion to PBS documentary: http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/

This site is the online companion for the PBS documentary "The U.S.-Mexican War (1846-1848)," produced by the Dallas-Fort Worth station, KERA. There is much material, including a great time-line (http://www.pbs.org/kera/usmexicanwar/timeline/index.html

War from Mexican View: http://www.azteca.net/aztec/war/Mexican-American-War.html

This site presents the war from a slightly more Mexican view.

Individuals

James K. Polk: http://www.ipl.org/div/potus/jkpolk.html

This site document's Polk's presidency and provides links to internet biographies and one primary source, his inaugural address.

Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna: http://www.lib.utexas.edu/benson/Mex_Archives/Santa_Anna.html

This document from the Benson Latin American Collection at the University of Texas outlines the life of Santa Anna in some detail.

Winfield Scott: http://www.tulane.edu/~latner/Scott.html

This site has a reasonably short biography of Scott.

Mexico

Timeline of Mexican History: http://www.mexconnect.com/mex_/history.html

This timeline has the history of Mexico from the earliest times to 2000. Mexican history is paralleled with world and U.S. history. It is an outline, with many people and events which link to short explanations.

Mexican War Gateways

Expansion west period: http://www.kidinfo.com/American_History/Pioneers.html

This is a terrific gateway site into all of American history. This page has the expansion west. It is very clearly organized and easy to access material.

Expansion west period: http://www.americanwest.com/pages/awexpans.htm

Great for research and homework, this site features an encyclopedia of web sites on aspects of life in the American expansion west.

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