Texan Santa Fe Expedition

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The Texan Santa Fe Expedition was an 1841 military and commercial venture by the Republic of Texas aimed at establishing control over the Santa Fe region and opening trade with New Mexico, which ended in failure and the capture of its participants by Mexican forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf commercial expedition
historical event
military expedition
aftermath diplomatic protests by the Republic of Texas
use in later Texan and American political rhetoric about Mexico
appliesToJurisdiction disputed territory between Texas and Mexico
conflict Mexican–Texan relations
country Republic of Texas NERFINISHED
describedBySource 19th-century Texan histories
Mexican governmental records
participant memoirs
endTime 1842
facetOf United States–Mexico borderlands history
history of New Mexico
history of the Republic of Texas
follows Texas Revolution NERFINISHED
Texas independence from Mexico
hasCause Republic of Texas claim to the Rio Grande as its western boundary
desire to divert Santa Fe trade from Missouri to Texas
hasCharacteristic combination of military and commercial aims
long-distance overland march
poor logistical planning
hasEffect demonstrated weakness of Texan claims over New Mexico
hardship and casualties among Texan prisoners
increased tensions between Mexico and the Republic of Texas
hasGoal establish control over the Santa Fe region
extend Texan jurisdiction to the Rio Grande
open trade with New Mexico
secure commercial routes between Texas and Santa Fe
location Mexico NERFINISHED
New Mexico NERFINISHED
Republic of Texas NERFINISHED
Santa Fe NERFINISHED
opposedBy Mexican central government NERFINISHED
New Mexican officials
participant Mexican forces
New Mexican authorities
Republic of Texas NERFINISHED
Texan merchants
Texan soldiers
partOf territorial disputes between Mexico and the Republic of Texas
result capture of expedition members by Mexican forces
failure
significantEvent capture near Santa Fe by Mexican authorities
forced march of prisoners to Mexico City
imprisonment of Texan participants in Mexico
startTime 1841
temporalContext antebellum period in North America

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William Gordon Cooke participantIn Texan Santa Fe Expedition