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Instructor E-Sources PowerPoint™ Presentation Chapter 4 Launching a Nation, 1836-1848. The History of Texas Harlan Davidson, Inc. Learning Outcomes (4). understand the political & social process of creating a nation think about the Social, Economic, & Diplomatic challenges facing Texas
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Instructor E-SourcesPowerPoint™ PresentationChapter 4Launching a Nation, 1836-1848 The History of Texas Harlan Davidson, Inc.
Learning Outcomes (4) • understand the political & social process of creating a nation • think about the Social, Economic, & Diplomatic challenges facing Texas • be able to chronicle events leading to the Mexican War • anticipate the implications of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Chapter 4Launching a Nation, 1836-1848 • The New Nation • Challenges • Finances • Indians • Infrasturcture • Governing the Republic
Politics in Republican Texas • Republicanism • The politics of caution • Diplomatic recognition • Fiscal issues • The politics of action • Mirabeau B. Lamar • The Santa Fe Expedition • Education • Retrenchment Mirabeau B. LamarTexas State Library & Archives Commission
The People of Texas • Demographic growth • The rise of towns • Established communities & new towns • Immigration • Commerce • Farms, plantations, & ranches 6 o’clock a.m. Military PlazaSan Antonio
Social & Economic Challenges • A diverse people • Texians • Indians • Tejanos • Economic life • Education • Transportation
Diplomatic Challenges • Recognition in Europe • France, 1839 • Great Britain, 1840 • Friction with Mexico • Imperial dreams • The “Mier Expedition” • Annexation
War with Mexico • Overtures • General Zachery Taylor on the Rio Grande • Envoy John Slidell • Interpreting the war • Mexican belligerency, irrationality & Anglo-phobia • Manipulations by President Polk • U.S. expansionism • Revisionism • Mexico: national preservation • Polk provoked war
War with Mexico • The U.S. war plan • Invade New Mexico & California • Invade Northern Mexico • Invade Central Mexico • Texans & the war • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • A hostile legacy?
End of the Lone Star Republic • Changes between 1836-1848 • Anglo Americans • Tejanos • Regionalism • The Repubican Legacy • Texas & the United States
David G. Burnet Republicanism Thomas J. Rusk William H. Wharton Sam Houston Mirabeau B. Lamar Santa Fe expedition Homestead Act of 1839 Henri Castro Prince Carl von Solms-Braunfels Augustus C. & John K. Allen Constitution of 1836 Texian “Regulators” “Moderators” Cherokees in Texas Duwali Council House Fight John Coffee “Jack” Hays Count Alphonse de Saligny Mier Expedition annexation Mexican War John Slidell General Zachary Taylor William A. “Big Foot” Wallace Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Anson Jones Key Words & Terms (4)