1. Warm Up 1/11/2016 Answer these two questions in your notebook. You have 5 min.  What was the significance of the Texas Navy on the success of Texas Independence from Mexico?  What was the significance of the Texas Rangers from their early years of the Republic of Texas to present day? The significance of the Texas Navy on the success of Texas Independence was _________. The significance of the Texas Rangers from their early years of the Republic of Texas to present day is __________.

2.  Learning Target: We will identify individuals/issues during the Republic of Texas years and how they shaped the history of Texas.  Success Criteria: I will participate in a Hall of Fame gallery walk, explaining the importance of an individual/issue during the Republic of Texas and how it helped shape Texas.

3. The Texas Navy Three main objectives  1. Defend the coastline from a sea-borne Mexican invasion.  2. Escort rebel ships back and forth between Texas and the United States. (This is where the main source of volunteers and supplies came from.)  3. Inflict serious casualties on the Mexicans in the hopes of forcing them to recognize Texas Independence

5. The Ships of the Texas Navy  Invincible - Flagship of the fleet.  Brutus  Independence  Liberty

6. The Texas Navy  Armed conflict with Mexico continued until August 1837. Nearly a year and a half after the Battle of San Jacinto.  First Navy resolved in 1837  Second Navy began in 1839; Texas Congress wanted defense against Mexico.  Six new ships and one paddlewheel steameer, commanded by Captain Edwin W. Moore.

7. Edwin Ward Moore  Edwin Ward Moore was the guiding light of the Texas Navy during his glory years. The son of an aristocratic Virginia family, Moore joined the U.S. Navy in 1825 as a midshipman at the age of 15. With the naval appropriations act of 1837, Texas began rebuilding its navy. Sometime in April 1839, President Lamar offered Moore the job as commander of the Texas Navy, and Moore evidently accepted.

8. The Texas Navy  Commissioned to assist in James Treat’s diplomatic mission to Mexico.  Surveyed Texas coasts to create more accurate maps.  1841-1842: conducted a mission to support Yucatan’s reentry into the Mexican Republic  1848: protected Texas against Mexican invasion  Only two ships left in 1842; deteriorated until scrapped in 1848.

9. Turn and Talk  Talk with your table to sum up the importance of the Texas Navy. (20 seconds)  Share

10. Texas Rangers  After the war, the Rangers’ main duty became protecting settlers on the frontier from attacks by Native Americans. In these early years, President Houston’s peace policies limited their activities. Once the Rangers had finished their assignments, they usually returned home.

11. John (Jack) Coffee Hays:  Hays joined the Texas Rangers in the formative years of their role as citizen soldiers. His rangers gained a reputation as mounted troops with revolvers and individually styled uniforms, who marched and fought with a noticeable lack of military discipline. This rough-and-ready image of an irregular force left its imprint on the chronicles of ranger history.Texas Rangers

12. Sam Bass  He was a 19th-century American Old West train robber and outlaw. On July 19, 1878, Bass and his gang were scouting the area before the robbery. When they bought some tobacco at a store, they were noticed by Williamson County Deputy Sheriff A. W. Grimes. When Grimes approached the men to request that they surrender their sidearms, he was shot and killed. As Bass attempted to flee, he was shot by Texas Ranger George Herold and then by Ranger Sergeant Richard Ware.Old Westtrain robberoutlaw

13. Bonnie & Clyde  Bonnie Elizabeth Parker and Clyde Chestnut Barrow a.k.a. Clyde Champion Barrow were criminals who traveled the central United States with their gang during the Great Depression, robbing and killing people. Barrow and Parker were ambushed and killed on May 23, 1934, on a rural road in Bienville Parish, Louisiana.The couple appeared in daylight in an automobile and were shot by a posse of four Texas Rangers Frank Hamer, B.M. "Manny" Gault, Bob Alcorn, and Ted Hinton.Bienville ParishLouisiana Frank HamerTed Hinto