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Texas Filibusters

Texas Filibusters. Chapter 8.1. Americans Move West. After the U.S. gained independence from Great Britain in 1783, Anglo Americans began expanding to the West into Spanish territory. Spain Controls Immigration.

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Texas Filibusters

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  1. Texas Filibusters Chapter 8.1

  2. Americans Move West • After the U.S. gained independence from Great Britain in 1783, Anglo Americans began expanding to the West into Spanish territory.

  3. Spain Controls Immigration • Spain tried to control the huge amount of Anglo Americans moving West by allowing them to settle in Missouri on 2 conditions: • Pledge loyalty to Spain • Become Catholic

  4. Filibusters • Filibusters, like Philip Nolan, disagreed with Spain’s terms & aimed to free Texas from Spanish rule. • Nolan moved to Texas to steal Spanish horses & sell them to the U.S.

  5. Gutierrez-Magee Expedition • Jose Bernardo Gutierrez (follower of Father Hidalgo) and Augustus Magee (former US soldier) organized the Republic of the North and proclaimed Texas independent of Spain.

  6. Gutierrez-Magee Expedition • Although their army of Tejanos, Natives & Anglo Americans were defeated, others were inspired to free Texas and Mexico from Spanish rule.

  7. Round Robin • Who has inspired you to do something you never thought you could do? • What did that person inspire you to do?

  8. Galveston Pirates • Jean Lafitte and other pirates set up headquarters on Galveston Island to attack Spanish ships& steal their goods.

  9. Adams-Onis Treaty • In 1817, U.S. President Andrew Jackson chased Natives into Spanish Florida, which angered Spain. • To resolve the issue, Spain ceded Florida to the U.S. in the Adams-Onis Treaty of 1819.

  10. Adams-Onis Treaty • The Sabine River was set up as the new boundary between Spanish Texas & Louisiana. • In return, the U.S. would not expand to the West of this boundary.

  11. Colonists Get Angry • U.S. Colonists were angry because they could no longer expand to the West. • Filibusters decided to take parts of Texas away from Spain on their own.

  12. Long Expedition • Dr. James Long led a group from Mississippi to Nacogdoches where he declared Texas independent from Spain. • He was captured & killed by the Spanish & became the last Texas filibuster.

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