Civilisation des Etats Unis--6d: Manifest Destiny Prof. Sämi LUDWIG UHA Mulhouse
Texas → Mexico’s liberal colonization laws • 4000 Spanish settlers • 1828: 2000 American settlers • 1836: 25’000 American settlers Proclamation of independence: “Lone Star State” Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, “Napoleon of the West,” attacks Alamo Mission in San Antonio → “Remember the Alamo” vs. General Sam Houston (1812 with Andrew Jackson) 1837 Texas Rangers Battle of San Jacinto: captures Santa Ana → Rio Grande as southwestern boundary 1st President of Republic of Texas 1845 Annexation of Texas (as a slave state) under President Tyler
“Remember the Alamo!”
“Surrender of Santa Ana”
Sam Houston
Mexican War (1845-1847) US send negotiator John Slidell - to ratify new border, buy New Mexico and California → is not received by President José J. Herrera - battles of Monterrey, Buena Vista 1847 Mexico City conquered (!) 1848 Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo → on Texas, Southwest
Mexican War movements