The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . onument wascompleted, nodded Jake de-cidedly. The corner stonewas laid by Lafayette June 1 7,1825, and forty men who werein that fight were there. Themonument cost over $150, 1845 Po^ was President,the Naval Academy was open-ed at Annapolis, Md.,and gun cotton was in-vented, said Bessie. In 1846, the SmithsonianInstitute at Washington was rift/lRI organize(l f°r the in-crease and diffusion ofknowledge among m e 11;$515,00
The story of our nation, from the earliest discoveries to the present time ..together with a graphic account of Porto Rico, Cuba, Hawaii and the Philippine islands .. . onument wascompleted, nodded Jake de-cidedly. The corner stonewas laid by Lafayette June 1 7,1825, and forty men who werein that fight were there. Themonument cost over $150, 1845 Po^ was President,the Naval Academy was open-ed at Annapolis, Md.,and gun cotton was in-vented, said Bessie. In 1846, the SmithsonianInstitute at Washington was rift/lRI organize(l f°r the in-crease and diffusion ofknowledge among m e 11;$515,000 was given to start it by James Smithson said Marion. And the Mexican war was begun, declared Phinney. Texas,with the adjoining province of Coahuila, had formed a state of Mexico,but wanted to be separated, so she had a fuss with the Mexican govern-ment. In 1836 Samuel Houston defeated Santa Anna at San Jacinto,captured him and made him sign a treaty, but the Mexican governmentsaid that it was forced and would not ratify it. Then Texas declared herself a free and independent republic,although Mexico still claimed her. She became one of the United States [1845]. 232 SEMINOLE AND MEXICAN WARS. in 1845, 011 her own petition, and it was necessary to send United Statestroops to defend her. Mexico resented this, and it led to a war with that country. That was one of the causes of the war. You know there neverwas a fight, whether of nations or persons, where there was not two sidesto the question. General Taylor erected batteries on the Rio Grande,
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