Manifest Destiny

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Manifest Destiny

• America
• Claims a Continent

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Republic of Texas

• A. The Revolution
• 1. Causes of the Revolution
• a. __________
• b. __________
• c. __________ Differences
• d. __________ Ideologies
• e. __________ Position

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Republic of Texas

• B. Governmental Forms
• 1. Committees of safety and correspondence
• a. American Revolution
• b. Called for a Consultation.
• 2. Permanent Council (3 weeks) October 1835
• a. Meet when a quorum was not present in San
  Felipe de Austin
• b. Permanent for 3 weeks until a quorum was
  present.
• 3. Consultation (November 1 14, 1835)
• a. Quorum not present until the fourth.
• b. Not representative Texas.
• i. No delegates from Bexar, Goliad, Refugio,
  Victoria or San Patricion were present.
• ii. Only ___ of 98 elected representative
  attended.
• iii. Stephen F. Austin remained with the army as
  did most of his political allies.
• c. Main issues
• i. __________ of the war Restoration or
  Revolution
• ii. __________ of Government
• iii. The qualities of various leaders
• d. Voted for an Executive and a council Henry
  Smith

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Republic of Texas

• Tejano Participation
• As a proportion of the population, the active
  participation of Hispanic native and immigrant
  residents in the struggle for independence of
  Texas from Spain and Mexico was equal to or
  greater in specific battles than that of resident
  immigrants from the United States of the North
• Don Guillermo

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Republic of Texas
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Republic of Texas
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Republic of Texas

• 14 May 1836
• Treaty of __________
• Santa Anna
• Recognize Texas as an independent republic
• Mexican Congress never recognizes Texas
  independence
• Major Problems
• __________
• Mexico
• Indians
• __________
• __________ leading into statehood

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Treaty of Velasco
3d The Mexican troops will evacuate the territory
of Texas passing to the other side of the Rio
Grande del Norte
Public Treaty Secret Treaty
Art. 4. A treaty of Commerce, Amity and limits
will be established between Mexico and Texas. The
territory of the latter not to extend beyond the
Rio. Bravo del Norte.
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US and Texas Independence(Public)

• In the United States
• US Government (Andrew Jackson) had counseled
  caution prior to the Texas War of Independence
• Texas Independence would serve as evidence of an
  American plot to acquire Texas
• US had a treaty with Mexico which renounced Texas
  forever
• Supported by most __________ and __________ who
  expected Texas to quickly become US soil
• __________ seaboard and __________ detached at
  best
• Feared an expansion of __________ John Quincy
  Adams biggest spokesman
• Many felt the US was overextending itself
• Fiscal support (money, weapons, men, supplies)
  sent from across the US but not from the US
  government

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US and Texas Independence(Private)

• Most US citizens were __________ to Texas
  Independence.
• Andrew Jackson
• Had previously remarked that Texas was the key to
  the US reaching the Pacific
• Some evidence Jackson attempted to maneuver
  around the legalities by considering the Indians
  as belligerent this would allow the US Army to
  cross the Sabine to ensure the neutrality of the
  Indians.
• Pressed the claim for US possession of the land
  between the Sabine and the Neches
• John Quincy Adams
• Glorious new from Texas that Santa Anna has been
  defeated and taken by Houston, and shot, with all
  his officers.

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Texians View of the US

• Most Texians initially wanted and expected
  statehood, either immediately or shortly after
  independence.
• _________ of the supply from the US had reached
  Texas prior to San Jacinto the Twin Sisters
  being an exception
• Most volunteers from US who had reached Texas
  ______ to serve under a Texian and had been
  slaughtered at Goliad and San Patricio
• Texas army at San Jacinto overwhelmingly
  _________ or __________
• The effects of these conditions on Texians were
  not lost and they were remembered as negotiations
  concerning __________ followed
• Texans voted for annexation by the September, 1836

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Mexico andTexas Independence

• The Mexican defeat became a source of national
  _________ events of the next twenty years would
  only complicate the situation
• Mexicans could not accept the fact that a few
  thousand _______ and ________ had defeated their
  best soldiers and captured the greatest general
• Mexicans believed Texas had won ONLY with the
  __________ of the United States

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US and Texas AnnexationPros

• Americans and Texans shared many common
• National __________
• National __________
• National __________
• Economic __________
• Religious __________
• __________

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US and Texas AnnexationCons

• John Quincy Adams
• Attempted to __________ Texas during his term
• 25 May 1836 denounced the Texas Revolution on
  the floor of the US House
• Purpose of the war had been the reestablishment
  of slavery in territory where it had already been
  abolished through Mexican law
• Attacked Jackson for his attempts to maneuver
  around US law and treaties to aid Texas
• Others
• Feared the impact more acquisitions would have on
  the domestic tranquility
• Warned of diplomatic consequences including war
  with Mexico
• Thought Texas would fundamentally and __________
  threaten the character of the US
• Henry Morfit Andrew Jacksons Agent in Texas
• Continued independence lay in the stupidity of
  the rulers of Mexico and the financial
  embarrassment of the Mexican government
• Advised Jackson to proceed slowly
• Sec. of State Forsyth felt quick vote for
  annexation revealed the entire revolution to be
  an expansionist plot
• Allow Great Britain or some other major power to
  recognize Texas first