After The Alamo Texas Road to Statehood

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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

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

Joint Resolution of 1845