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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Texan Santa Fe Expedition canonical 1

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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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
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 ⓘ
New Mexico ⓘ
Republic of Texas ⓘ
Santa Fe ⓘ
opposedBy Mexican central government ⓘ
New Mexican officials ⓘ
participant Mexican forces ⓘ
New Mexican authorities ⓘ
Republic of Texas ⓘ
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 ⓘ