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The Mexican War: Manifest Destiny or a Slaveholder Conspiracy?. I. Texas Fights for Independence from Mexico (1836). Context: -- Mexican Independence from Spain (1821). Stephen Austin & a Growing “ Gringo” Population in Texas.
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The Mexican War: Manifest Destiny or a Slaveholder Conspiracy?
I. Texas Fights for Independence from Mexico (1836) Context: -- Mexican Independence from Spain (1821)
Increasing Tension in Texas: Religion, Slavery & Santa Anna’s Dictatorship
II. The US Annexes Texas A. The Dangers of an Independent Texas
C. Nueces or Rio Grande? US Annexation of Texas & the Border Dispute (1845)
III. The Mexican-American War and Its Impact A. Surprising Victories: California, Buena Vista, Mexico
B. The Impact • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo (1848), The Gold Rush & American Expansion