Mexico had been promoting Immigration to that region to the point where there was a huge influx of American citizens interested in the cheap land (as if they didn't have enough). This worried the Mexican government, who decided to restrict immigration and take away some of the land granted to the american settlers. This pissed them off royally, and they rebelled.
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The Republic of Fredonia is no longer existent. A group of Anglo Texas settlers created the makeshift country in an attempt to secede from Mexico in 1826. It was in Nacogdoches, Texas. The rebellion was put down by Mexican troops a year later.
He tried to organize a revolt against Mexico in California.
The Kickapoo Indians signed away most of their land in Illinois in 1819.
The Taos together with the Mexicans revolted against the Americans in 1847. The revolution was on January 19,1847 in New Mexico.
Anglo Saxon was the term that was used to describe the "Caucasian" race in the early 1900s. Anglo Saxon superiority was the mindset that that race was better than the others and America belonged to them.