1. INDEPENDENCE FOR TEXAS
SECTION 11.2 P. 480

2. In 1803 the US claimed Texas as part of the Louisiana Purchase, Spain protested and in 1819 the US agreed to drop its claim….at that Time most of Teaxa’s 3000 residents were Tejanos….also Natives (Comanches, Apaches, Kiowas)

3. 1821-Land Grants From Spanish to Americans--Empresarios
MOSES AUSTIN

4. SEPTEMBER 27, 1821 MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN

5. AUSTIN + 300 FAMILIES STEPHEN F. AUSTIN
By 1830 Americans in Texas Far Outnumbered Mexicans and Americans had not adopted Mexican ways
STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

6. 1830—MEXICAN DECREE TO STOP IMMIGRATION FROM USA
A tax was also placed on American goods entering Texas…Colonists also feared Mexico would try to end slavery

7. 1834—Austin Arrested in Mexico City SANTA ANNA TAKES OVER MEXICO

8. October 1835—Battle of Gonzales
Considered the first fight of the Texas Revolution

9. Dec. 1835—San Antonio Liberated
Juan Seguin

10. FEBRUARY/MARCH 1836—THE ALAMO

11. Davy Crockett
Jim Bowie
WILLIAM TRAVIS p
“REMEMBER THE ALAMO”

12. March 1836 Texas Declares Independence
4 days before the Alamo fell

13. April 1836 Battle of San Jacinto
SANTA ANNA CAPTURED

14. May 1836- Santa Anna SIGNS TREATY RECOGNIZING TEXAS INDEPENDENCE
Sept Sam Houston Elected President
Mexican government refused to honor Santa Anna’s recognition of independence and fighting continued

15. December 1845 Texas Becomes a State
1836—Jackson refuses to annex Texas and add another slave state that would upset power balance in Congress
Van Buren put off the issue of annexing Texas
John Tyler persuaded Texas to reapply for annexation but the Senate failed to ratify the annexation treaty
1844-Polk elected—feeling of Manifest Destiny—congress proposed and passed a resolution to annex TX