By Matt Vale and Andrew Holman

1. “Gone to Texas” By Matt Vale and Andrew Holman

2. The Americans wanted the land in current day Texas • The land had been transferred to Spain when the U.S. acquired Florida in 1819 • It was a unpopulated area “Gone to Texas” Y’all

3. When Mexico won it’s independence, they agreed to have Stephen Austin bring in 300 American families • They would be Roman Catholic and would become Mexicanized • These two terms were ignored and Texans remained loyal to America • Mexican soldiers occupied Texas and attempted to enforce these terms Americans in Texas

4. By 1835 the population of Texan-Americans was approx. 30,000 • Many immigrants were fleeing from the states to avoid paying their debt that had accumulated in the Panic of 1819 “Mexican or Texican?”

5. Some people who escaped to Texas included Davy Crockett, a famous western hero, Jim Bowie, the inventor of the Bowie Knife, and Sam Houston an ex-governor of Tennessee who was nicknamed “Big Drunk” by the Arkansas Indians “Big Drunk”

6. Mexicans and Texans often disagreed on issues such as slavery, local rights, and immigration • Mexico abolished slavery in 1830 and prohibited future importation of slaves, but the Texans did not obey this decree • Stephen Austin attempted to negotiate and was thrown in jail • In 1835, Santa Anna removed local rights and raised an army to suppress the Texans Friction Increases

7. The Mexicans did not give the Texans a say in their government over issues such as slavery • This led to a lot of conflict Democracy in Action