After The Alamo

1. After The Alamo Texas Road to Statehood

2. Final Battle-Victory at San Jacinto • Sam Houston’s deaf courier Erastus Seguin captured Santa Anna’s courier • The Texan Army knew all of Santa Anna’s plans • Houston called for the war council and they decided to attack the Mexican troups during their siesta • Battle lasted approximately 18 minutes • Santa Anna was captured and was taken prisoner

3. Manifest Destiny • Most of America believed in Texas’ cause • Saw this will as a mandate to expand to the Pacific Ocean~Manifest Destiny • President Jackson wanted Texas to become a part of the North (Union)

4. Treaty of Velasco • President Burnett negotiated a peace treaty with Santa Anna • On April, 14,1836 they signed a secret treaty • They set the border at the Rio Grande

5. Launching a New Government • In September 1836, Texas voters elected 14 senators and 29 representatives • Sam Houston became President of Texas and Mirabeau Lamar was elected Vice President • Texas asked to be annexed into into the United States • Key issues • Slavery • High Debt • Relations with Indians • Houston’s 3 goals • Gain control of the army • Keep the peace in Texas • Texas to be on strong financial footing

6. Houston vs Lamar • Sam Houston and Mirabeau Lamar became bitter enemies • Lamar was elected President of Texas • Texas failed to obtain loans from other countries to assist in paying off Texas’ debt

7. Lamar • Tried to settle the dispute between Mexico and Texas peacefully but failed • Did not make efforts to have Texas annexed into the United States • Texas was recognized as a nation by France, Britain, the Netherlands and Belguim and trade agreements were established • Lamar failed to get loans from other countries to help pay off Texas’ debt • Strengthened the military • To keep Texas free of Mexico • Remove Native Americans from the frontier • In 1839 Lamar sent the Texas Rangers to fight the Mexicans and the Cherokee Indians • Documents were found tying the Cherokees to the Mexicans that said the Cherokees were plotting to help Mexico retake Texas • During the Battle of Neeches, the Texas Rangers drove the Cherokees out of East Texas

8. Council House Fight • The Comanche Indians controlled most of the Texas plains • In 1840, one of the groups of the Comanches decided to make peace with Texas • They agreed to meet with Texas officials in San Antonio at the Council House and to return captured Texans • Matilda Lockhart had been beaten and disfigured by the Comanches and she said there were other captives the Comanches were still holding • This angered the Texans and they tried to take the Comanche leaders hostage • The fight spread from the Council House to the Indians outside • 35 Comanches and 7 Texans were killed • This enraged the Comanches and they began to attack Texans from the Plains to the Gulf Coast • Texas Army, led by Felix Huston defeated the Comanches at the Battle of Plum Creek

9. Treaty of 1844 • After Sam Houston second term as president of Texas, Dr. Anson Jones was elected. • Texans wanted to become a part of the United States • Reasons for statehood • Being part of the United States would limit the threat from Mexico • Texas would be able to use US currency (money) • Reason against statehood • Would Texas be a free or a slave state • US was in a depression…Panic or 1837 • Texas was required to give up all of their land to help to pay off the debt • US rejected this treaty 35-16

10. Joint Resolution of 1845