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9:3 Expansion in TX

9:3 Expansion in TX. Why does Mexico want Americans to settle in TX?. To develop the economy Few Mexicans in TX (Indians) Debt from Independence from Spain. Why Americans want to settle in TX. Cheap/Free land Cotton Free trade with U.S. Stephen Austin. “Father of TX”

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9:3 Expansion in TX

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  1. 9:3 Expansion in TX

  2. Why does Mexico want Americans to settle in TX? • To develop the economy • Few Mexicans in TX (Indians) • Debt from Independence from Spain

  3. Why Americans want to settle in TX • Cheap/Free land • Cotton • Free trade with U.S.

  4. Stephen Austin • “Father of TX” • TX Old Three Hundred • Colony’s rules

  5. U.S. Tries to buy TX • John Quincy Adams $1million • Andrew Jackson $5 million

  6. Conflict between American settlers and Mexican Government. • Language • Religion • Slavery • TX wants greater self government

  7. Mexico tries to reclaim control • Seal border • Import taxes • Mexican troops to enforce law Santa Anna

  8. TX Declares Independence 1836 • Sam Houston leads TX Rebels

  9. Alamo • Most famous battle • Mission • 12 day siege • 187 killed • Davie Crockett • “Remember the Alamo” became TX rebel battle cry

  10. Battle of San Jacinto • Santa Anna defeated by TX Rebels

  11. Treaty of Velasco • TX granted independence

  12. Lone Star RepublicRepublic of TX • Independent country • President-Sam Houston • TX wants to be annexed by the U.S.

  13. Why was the U.S. reluctant to annex TX? • Free or slave? • Divided into several slave states?? • War with Mexico?

  14. James K. Polk • imperialist • Manifest Destiny • 1845-annexed TX • 1846-annexed OR

  15. 9:4 War with Mexico

  16. Tensions between Mexico and the U.S. • 1845 TX became 28th state • Border Dispute: Rio Grande or Nueces River??

  17. Diplomacy Fails • Slidell tries to settle river dispute • Slidell offers to buy CA and NM $30 million

  18. The Disputed Territory • Gen. Zachary Taylor builds fort on north side of Rio Grande in disputed territory • Mexico “invades” and attacks in disputed territory

  19. Congress Declares War on Mexico 1846! American blood has been shed on American soil!! Pres. Polk asks Congress for a Declaration of War.

  20. Spot Resolution Can you certify the spot where the skirmish occurred? House Member Abraham Lincoln questions the truthfulness of Polk’s request to Congress for a Declaration of War.

  21. Fall of Mexico City • General Winfield Scott • Ends the War

  22. All of Mexico? • Consent of the governed? • Racism-didn’t want to extend citizenship to Mexicans who were considered a “lesser race” NO!

  23. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • Set TX southern border at Rio Grande • Acquired Mexico’s northern Provinces of NM and CA

  24. Gadsden Purchase • $10 million • Set the current southwestern border of the U.S. • Completed the current border of the contiguous states

  25. 1849 Gold Rush • 49ers • prospectors • Population boom in CA • San Francisco-boom town • Population diversity • Write a non-slavery constitution and apply for state hood.

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