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Texas Annexation: Factors, Obstacles, and Resolution

Learn about the challenges faced by Texas during its quest for annexation to the United States, the political landscape of the time, and how the Annexation of 1845 was finally achieved. Understand the implications of Texas becoming a state and the impact on the nation. Discover the reasons behind the U.S.'s initial rejection, key figures involved, and the crucial compromises that paved the way for Texas statehood and shaped the nation's future.

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Texas Annexation: Factors, Obstacles, and Resolution

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  1. Warm-up • Which statement best supports pro-annexation? • a) “The admission of Texas into this Union will prove, sooner or later, an element of overwhelming ruin to the Republic.” • b) “Let Texas be annexed, and the authority and laws of the United States be established and maintained within her limits.”

  2. Statehood Discussion: What are some of the issues the Republic of Texas faced? How could they be solved?

  3. Nation divided • Sectionalism – excessive loyalty to a region or section, creating prejudice. • 1836 – Texas was a slave-owning state and would tip the balance of power in Congress • North – Against • South – For • West – Undecided, mostly territories

  4. Attempts at Annexation • 1836 – Texans vote for it/U.S. turns them down • 1844 – The Republic and U.S. Congress draft a treaty to make Texas a territory • Texans approve it • U.S. denies it again Why would the U.S. reject the annexation of Texas?

  5. Why not Texas? • U.S. would get public land to sell to pay off Texas’s huge debt • Would add Texas as a territory, not a state • North does not want a slave state • Afraid of causing a war with Mexico • Wanted to avoid controversy with their constituents (voters back home) during an election year

  6. James Polk • Was elected the 11th U.S. president in 1844 • Wanted to annex Texas • Why?????? • Grow the U.S. • Democrat from the South

  7. Annexation • Congress decided to pass a joint resolution [passed in both houses of Congress] for annexation. • The joint resolution contained terms more favorable to Texas than those of the treaty of 1844. Texas could… • Enter the U.S. as soon as its people approved annexation and adopted a state constitution, bypassing the time Texas would have just been a territory • Keep its public lands but could sell some of it to pay off debts • Be divided into as many as 5 states with the approval of Texas and the U.S.

  8. Annexation • Anson Jones and the Texas legislature came up with a new state constitution and overwhelmingly voted for annexation • On Oct. 13, 1845, Texans approved annexation by a vote of 4,254 to 257 • On Dec. 29, 1845, President Polk signed the resolution that made Texas a state

  9. In 1845, Mexico finally recognizes Texas independence • France and Britain did not want the U.S. to grow • They convinced Mexico to recognize that Texas was independent, with the condition that the Republic must reject annexation • Too late at that point, Texans just want annexation

  10. “The Republic of Texas is No More” • On Feb. 19, 1846, at a ceremony in front of the Texas Capitol, Texas officially became a state • Anson Jones, the last Texas President, handed over Texas to the 1st governor, James P. Henderson

  11. Can Texas Secede from the Union? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S92fTz_-kQE

  12. PURPOSEFUL TALK • What is the best conclusion that can be drawn from the following quote? “You will perceive that Texas is presented to the union as a bride adorned for her espousal. But if, now so confident of the union, she should be rejected, her mortification would be indescribable. She has sought the United States, and this is the third time she has consented. Were she now to be spurned it would forever terminate expectation on her part, and it would then not only be left for the United States to expect that she would seek some other friend.”

  13. The Compromise of 1850

  14. The Santa Fe Question • During the Republic of Texas, Texas claimed the Rio Grande as its southern and western border. • This claim gave Texas control of about one-half of New Mexico, including the important trade center of Santa Fe. • Many people of Santa Fe did not want to be part of Texas, and many people in the northern U.S. feared that Texas would introduce slavery there.

  15. Everything’s bigger in Texas… • When Texas was annexed by the United States in 1845, many people worried about Texas upsetting the balance between slave states and free states. • With Texas, the South would have more power in Congress.

  16. …until the Compromise of 1850 • Henry Clay, a congressman from Kentucky, worked out a solution. • In the Compromise of 1850… • Texas agreed to surrender its claims to some disputed areas (New Mexico and part of Texas’s northern territory) • The US agreed to give Texas $10 million in return • California was admitted to the U.S. as a free state • Territories could vote on the issue of slavery • Stronger Fugitive Slave Act and ban on slavery in Washington D.C.

  17. What happened to Mexico? • After the Mexican-American War (1846-1848), Mexico ceded, or gave up, land that now makes up many of the southwestern states.

  18. Before the Compromise of 1850

  19. After the Compromise of 1850

  20. A Lasting Solution? • The Compromise of 1850 helped the United States avoid sectional conflicts, secession (withdrawal from the United States), and civil war for several years. • However, what eventually happens next? • Stay tuned!

  21. TUESDAY JANUARY 19th GET VOCABULARY SHEET OUT FOR SPINNER GAME1. 18452. Anson Jones3. President James K. Polk4. Manifest Destiny5. Compromise of 18506. Mexican War7. Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo8. German Immigration

  22. 1845The year Texas was annexed by the United States.

  23. Anson Jones Was leader during the annexation of Texas

  24. James K. Polk11th President of the United States. Wanted to annexed Texas and expand the Unites States to Pacific Ocean with his strong belief in Manifest Destiny.

  25. Manifest Destiny belief in the United States that American settlers were destined to expand throughout the continent

  26. Compromise of 1850Admitted California as a non-slave state to the union and new borders were established for Texas.

  27. Mexican WarA war between the U.S. and Mexico spanned the period from spring 1846 to fall 1847. The war was initiated by the United States and resulted in Mexico's defeat and the loss of approximately half of its national territory in the north.

  28. Treaty of Guadalupe HidalgoEneded the conflict between Unites States and Mexico and set the boundary for Texas at the Rio Grande.

  29. German ImmigrationMany Germans immigrated to Texas because they were attracted to the cheap land and mild climate

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