Tiburcio

Tiburcio Vasquez was a famous or infamous bandit who revolutionized during the Mexican American War period. Tiburcio is a hero to Mexicans; however, a bad person in Californian history. In 1835, Tiburcio Vasquez was born in California. In 1836 the Alamo broke out as he was young. In addition, when he was 11 years old, the United States declared war on Mexico. When he was 13, the Mexican-American war ended with the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. Tiburcio killed a few people in his lifetime. In 1852, Vasquez met Anastacio Garcia, who was one of californias dangerous bandit. Anastacio and Tiburcio went to a dance in Monterey Constable, and they killed Constable Hardmount. Soon Tiburcio became an outlaw due denying any involvement in the accident. Anastacio and Tiburcio returned to Monterey for trial. Unfortunately, Anastacio got lynched and Tiburcio had prison breaks. Tiburcio died in 1875.) As a child he faced through the conflict between Mexico and the United States. Tiburcio was an outlast, but Mexicans portrayed him as a good guy. Tiburcio was a criminal; however, he was underlying motivation of self defense. Vásquez would later claim his crimes were the result of discrimination and insist that he was a defender of Mexican-American rights. Tiburcio is important for the reason that he created fear in the Anglo community because he had revolutionary potential.
Tension over balance between states and national governments. Mexico and the United States are states. Mexico’s Constitution of 1824 established state right government. Most settlers supported the states right government because it allowed more local control; however, some leaders of Mexican national government did not approve the Constitution of 1824. The Mexican nationalist were concerned that many settlers from the United States were coming to Texas. This caused the population and strong state government for the United States to seize Texas and join the United States. In 1825 Haden Edwards received a grant