The Texas Revolution

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The Texas Revolution

• ES Explicitly assess information and draw
  conclusions
• (Dont copy whats in RED)

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1519 1685/1690 1821 1685 -
1690 1821 - 1836 Spain France
Mexico
1836-1845
1861-1865 US. 1845-1861 1865
- Texas as a Republic Confederacy
Present
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Why did Spain want people to settle in Texas?

• Tejanos - People of Spanish heritage who
  consider Texas their home
• Spain encourages American settlement to protect
  against Native American attacks
• Award Stephen Austin a land grant
• 1821 Mexico gains independence
• Austin has to agree to
• Become Mexican citizens
• join the Roman Catholic Church
• speak Spanish

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American settlement in Texas

• 1821-1827 Stephen Austin has 297 families move to
  Texas
• WHY?
• Looking for a new life
• Escaping the law
• Looking for economic gain
• By 1830, the population was 30,000

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Brief Timeline of Events

• 1829 - Mexico outlaws slavery
• 1829 - Mexican government closes Texas to
  American immigration Americans wont obey laws
• Texans have to pay taxes
• Mexican troops are sent to enforce the laws
• 1833 Austin goes to Mexico City to petition
  General Santa Ana about these changes.
• Austin is jailed for writing a letter advocating
  a Texan rebellion

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Remember the Alamo

• 1835 Santa Ana sends in more troops in Texas
• 1835 Mexican soldiers marched to the town of
  Gonzales to seize a cannon used by the Texans.
• The Texans take over an old fort called the Alamo
  and it starts a 13 day siege of the fort. The
  Texans kill about 800 of the Mexican forces, but
  they eventually run out of food and supplies.
• Mexican forces stormed the fortress, killing
  nearly all of the Texan defenders about 180-240
  men and women die.
• Jim Bowie and Davey Crockett died in the Alamo

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The Battle of San Jacinto

• Mexico sends an additional 6,000 troops to Texas.
• On April 21, 1836, the Texans led by Sam Houston
  advanced on General Santa Anas army in San
  Jacinto.
• In 18 minutes the Texans killed more than half of
  the Mexican army.
• General Santa Ana surrenders and signs a treaty
  give Texas its freedom.

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Why did Texans declare independence from Mexico
in 1836?

• Read Texas independence Documents A-D. Use the
  graphic organizer to read the documents and
  answer the inquiry question.
• Analysis Questions
• Why did Texans declare independence? Were Texans
  justified in doing so?
• Were these honorable men fighting for freedom or
  greedy slaveholders?
• What evidence from the documents supports your
  position?
• Which of these pieces of evidence do you find
  more/less trustworthy?
• Why do historians still debate this question?

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Why was the U.S. reluctant to annex Texas?

• 1836 Texas is declared the Lone Star Republic
• The U.S. feared a war with Mexico
• Texas wanted to enter the Union as a slave state,
  upsetting the even split of slave and free
  states.
• Texas is annexed into the union in 1845, almost
  10 years after it applies for statehood.
• Mexico, who really never accepts the loss, sees
  the annexation as an act of war. This leads to
  the US-Mexican War from 1846-1848.