New Perspectives on the West: Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna, Mexican Leader

Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, and how did he relate to the Texas Revolution? Use an informative resource to find out! By reading primary sources, viewing maps and graphs, and answering short-answer written prompts in handouts,...

Brief biography of Francisco Vasquez de Coronado. Discusses his exploration into the current U.S. in search of gold. Includes a link to a translation of his chronicle of the journeys.

Extensive biography of Mexican General, President, and Dictator. The site from the Texas A & M University includes many direct quotes from Santa Anna describing his legacy and life.

This PBS website offers the complete 3 part, multi-chaptered account of Coronado's journey in search of Cibola, written by Pedro de Castaneda. It is quite the ethnography.

This site contains information about the religious leader from San Juan Pueblo, in present-day New Mexico. Pope organized and led the most successful Indian uprising in the history of the American West. He created the conditions for a...

This in-depth resource presents a history of the American West from pre-Columbian times until World War I with profiles, documents, and images. It encourages visitors to link these into patterns of historical meaning for themselves....

Read the incredible story of Cabeza de Vaca in his own words. He tells of his many years-long journey across the South, and writes as an ethnologist about the Native Americans he encounters. A fascinating account!

This is the original report Coronado sent to the viceroy describing his journey from Mexico to what he hoped were the Seven Cities of Gold. He describes the land, people, climate, food, animals.

Jackson was instrumental in removing the Indian population from the South. This site presents the section from his 7th annual address to Congress which deals with his Indian removal policy.

This companion article from the PBS series, "New Perspectives on the West," offers a lesson plan which approaches the Dawes Act from the perspective of the Nez Perce.