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April 26 – Mexican–American War: Open conflict begins over border disputes of Texas' boundaries. May 8 – Mexican–American War – Battle of Palo Alto: Zachary Taylor defeats a Mexican force north of the Rio Grande at Palo Alto, Texas in the first major battle of the war. May 14 – Mexican–American War: The United States declares war ...
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: Massacres in the American West: 1846–1890 is a 2006 book by Larry McMurtry. [1] He later wrote "I became interested in hundred-victim massacres in the Old West and produced a study of them." [ 2 ]
The Launching of Modern American Science, 1846–1876 is a 1987 nonfiction book by American historian Robert V. Bruce, published by Knopf. [1] The book is a social history chronicling a three-decade period in American science. It won the 1988 Pulitzer Prize for History. [2]
The book won the Los Angeles Times Book Award for History in 2016 and was a New York Times Book Review Editors’ Choice. [1] In 2018, Pacific Historical Review described the book as "monumental." [5] The Journal of the Early Republic described it as "impressive" and praised the author for the quality of his research. [3]
Charles Grier Sellers Jr. (September 9, 1923 – September 23, 2021) was an American historian. Sellers was best known for his book The Market Revolution: Jacksonian America, 1815–1846, [1] which offered a new interpretation of the economic, social, and political events taking place during the United States' Market Revolution.
1846 – Dred Scott sues for his freedom; 1846 – The Mexican–American War begins; 1846 – Bear Flag revolt in Alta California, which is momentarily independent. 1846 – Iowa becomes a state; 1846 – Wilmot Proviso; 1846 – The United States and Great Britain sign the Oregon Treaty
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