The Lincoln County War

The cause for all this was the refusal of John Tunstall who refused to surrender the horses which were a payment for an outstanding payment. Tunstall was later shot by protesters protesting the presence of the posse on his land. Billy was affected by the murder; Billy was treated like a son by Tunstall. He swore to take revenge. Sheriffs were after billy when he was suspected of killing their deputies.

This fight had rapidly became violent and bloody. Sheriff Brady’s crew which also had close ties to Dolan, had brutally murdered Tunstall. After Tunstall was murdered His men including Billy had wanted revenge so they got revenge by killing sheriff Brady and a few other men. Shortly after that Billy the Kid had gotten a reputation as a Dangerous Sharpshooter with an itchy trigger finger. He was wanted for murder.

Billy the Kid was born on November 23, 1859, in New York City to his parents Catherin Bonnie. Later on, Billy’s mother married William Antrim and he became Henry’s stepfather, William had a son Joe McCarty. Henry began adventuring with his newly-found brother. In 1877 Henry was deep into a criminal gang where he assumed the alias “William H. Bonnie.”

Obviously, Billy intentions were not to kill him, because it caused him his life. Claggart was weak, a liar and a trickster. The second reason Billy should have punched Claggart is Billy couldn’t talk. Billy didn't know what to say

Patrick Floyd Jarvis Garrett, best known for killing notorious outlaw Billy The Kid. A man who was known throughout the wild west. Many saw pat not as a hero, but instead as the villain.

At first, Billy Joe Brown and Dusty both accused each other for murdering Jennifer— this obviously stirred up the truth until years later when Billy confessed to killing her all with his own intent, and that he had no

One of the major reasons that the New Mexico Territory played a critical role during the American Civil War is because of its strategic position regarding several aspects. For one, the New Mexico Territory served as the gateway to one of the most promising economic opportunities that the Confederate States of America ever had in their grasp. Established nearly forty years before the

If it were not for those skirmishes in Mexico, the nation would not have the expansion that they

INTRODUCTION Throughout the 1840s and 1850s a major war happened called the Mexican American War which drastically changed the U.S. and Mexico and lead to the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo to be signed and which established the Rio Grande and not the Nueces River as the U.S Border. This also lead to the U.S. annexation of Texas and lead to the Mexico agreeing to sell California and the rest of the territory for 15 million. So you 're probably wondering why the war was fought but you 'll find that out later.

“The fighting in Bexar raged with a house-to-house assault unlike anything the Mexican army had before experienced” (Lee, n.d.). General Cos’ surrendered from the Alamo on December 9, 1835 with 200 of his men dead and many more wounded. The Mexican surrender and the siege of the Alamo brought immediate retaliation from Santa Anna. He quickly assembled a force of 8,000 men and pushed mercilessly towards Texas. He was determined to crush all opposition and teach the Texans a lesson (Lee,

After years of battle for independence against Spain, Mexico gained territorial expansion but was left with a struggling economy and a sparsely populated region. The United States was in a position to take advantage of Mexico during this time, after a large period of economic growth. In Chapter 7 “Foreigners in Their Native Land: A War Against Mexico” by Ronald Takaki, in his book, A Different Mirror: A History of Multicultural America, retells the events that took place during the illegal immigration of the United States into Mexican territory, the acquisition of Mexico’s land, and the discrimination experienced by Mexican-Americans after the war. The Mexican American War was driven by the idea of “Manifest Destiny”, which is the

The Boys’ names were Haywood Paterson, Eugene Williams, Roy Wright, Andy Wright, Clarence Norris, Charlie Weems, Olen Montgomery, Ozie

The Mexican War was a battle between the Americans and the Mexicans when there was a disagreement between borders between the two countries. America went to war against Mexico and fought for almost two years. However, it all started when Mexico declared their independence from Spain. They became close to America. They allowed Americans to settle in Texas, but Americans began overwhelming Texas.

Even though Juarez created economic dependence with the United States, he was never able to give the country economic or social stability due to French invasions and a state that never consolidated. Although he murdered people behind the back of the law, and

While this may seem normal, as he was considering going to a hotel where the people there aren’t as friendly it would help make the whole place seem better. Then, later on in the story when he starts to question who she really is, she changes back to being quite friendly by offering “What about supper my dear” (110) this completely changes everything, and when he declines she later offers him tea and biscuits which sadly is assumed to be poisoned and we can only assume she has finally fooled poor Billy and that he is now resting stuffed in her Bed and