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Questions to think about:

Questions to think about:. 1. Why did the Mexican government encourage Americans to settle in Texas? 2. Why did tensions eventually develop between the Mexican rulers and American settlers in Texas? 3. For what reason did Stephen F. Austin visit Mexico City in late 1833?

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  1. Questions to think about: 1. Why did the Mexican government encourage Americans to settle in Texas? 2. Why did tensions eventually develop between the Mexican rulers and American settlers in Texas? 3. For what reason did Stephen F. Austin visit Mexico City in late 1833? What was the result of his visit? 4. What occurred at the Alamo? What was its significance? 5. Why did Texas’s request for annexation to the United States cause controversy? 6. What event took place on December 29, 1845?

  2. “Don’t Mess with Texas”: The Story of Texas Independence

  3. Mexican Settlement in the West

  4. Mexican Settlement in the West • Mexico became independent in 1824 • Present day states of TX, AZ, NM, CA, UT, CO • Mission System • Small population (mix of natives and mexican)

  5. Mexico Invites U.S. Settlers • Encouraged American farmers to settle in Texas • Land Grants given to empresarios • Empresarios brought settlers (cheap land) • Settlers had to obey Mexican laws - had to become Roman Catholic - no slavery • Stephen F. Austin (1825)

  6. Tensions Grow Among Texans • Most Texians were Protestant, spoke English, had cultural differences, and brought slaves • Disobeyed Mexican laws • In 1830, Mexico closed its borders • Anglo population doubled (45,000 by 1835)

  7. Santa Anna:“The Napoleonof the West”

  8. The Texas Revolution • Texians rebelled in 1835 and wanted independence • 1835 First shots of the revolution were fired at the Battle of Gonzales

  9. The Alamo • 1835 Texians succeeded in driving the Mexicans from San Antonio • Santa Anna led a Mexican army of 4000 on a forced march through winter to crush the rebellion • Texians made their stand at The Alamo (187 men)

  10. Three Roads to the Alamo

  11. Davy Crockett • Famous frontiersman and congressman from TN • Greatest shot in America • Anti-Jackson • Went to Texas to start over • ‘You can all go to Hell, I’m going to Texas”

  12. David vs. Davy

  13. Jim Bowie • Louisiana gambler, duelist, slave-trader, and adventurer • The Bowie Knife • Traveled to Texas to get rich (married a wealthy Mexican woman)

  14. Bowie and his Knife

  15. Col. William Barrett Travis • Abandoned his family in Alabama • Traveled to Texas to seek glory and fight for independence • Commander of the Alamo • Vain, stubborn, dramatic

  16. Battle of the Alamo: March 6, 1836

  17. Massacre at Goliad

  18. Sam Houston • From TN • Wounded at Horseshoe Bend • Lawyer and former governor • Protégé of Jackson • Lived with Cherokee • Commanded Texian army

  19. Battle of San Jacinto (April 26, 1836) • Following the Alamo and Goliad, Houston’s army retreated east • Ambushed Santa Anna at San Jacinto while the Mexicans were taking a siesta • Yellow Rose of Texas • Crushing victory for Texas • 18 minute battle

  20. The Lone Star Republic • September 1836: Texas became independent • Republic of Texas (Lone Star Republic) • Sam Houston became 1st Governor of Texas • 1845: Texas later annexed into the United States as the 28th state

  21. Questions to think about: 1. Why did the Mexican government encourage Americans to settle in Texas? 2. Why did tensions eventually develop between the Mexican rulers and American settlers in Texas? 3. For what reason did Stephen F. Austin visit Mexico City in late 1833? What was the result of his visit? 4. What occurred at the Alamo? What was its significance? 5. Why did Texas’s request for annexation to the United States cause controversy? 6. What event took place on December 29, 1845?

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