1. The West
Native Americans of the West (45 slides) California Missions (22 slides) Texas Revolution (15 slides) Mexican-American War (17 slides) The California Gold Rush (33 slides)

2. The West: Texas Revolution

3. The West: Texas Revolution

4. The West: Texas Revolution
Watch the trailer for the film The Alamo as an introduction to the lesson

5. The West: Texas Revolution
To demonstrate understanding of the events of the Texas Revolution, fill out the six boxes, with title and visual, for the following slides
Event 1: Mexican Independence ( )
Event 2: Mexico pays Empresarios to settle the region of Texas (1820s)
Event 3: Settlers disobeyed Mexican laws (slavery), Mexico bans American settlers (1830) 1 2 3
Event 4: Texans declare independence from Mexico, write a constitution, fighting starts (1836)
Event 5: Mexican forces win Battle of Alamo and Goliad, executing survivors (1836)
Event 6: Texans win Battle of San Jacinto, force Santa Anna to sign treaty of Texan Independence (1836) 4 5 6

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Event 1
In 1810, Father Miguel Hidalgo y Castilla rallied 80,000 poor native and mestizos in a revolt against the Spanish authorities. This marked the beginning of the Mexican Revolution against Spain. Father Miguel died, but after 11 years, Mexico gained independence.
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7. The West: Texas Revolution
Event 1
Since Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821, the region of Texas was part of Mexican Territory. Mexico provided land for anyone who would settle areas of Texas. This invitation brought many Americans to the region.
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Event 2
Mexico hired land agents called Empresarios to recruit settlers to the Texas territory. Empresarios were given free land for their recruitment efforts. However, rules were in place for all settlers. One of those rules was that slavery was not allowed.
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Event 3
Since many settlers that were coming to Texas were already owners of slaves in the United States, they often brought their slaves with them, in defiance of Mexican laws and regulations.
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Event 3
Steven F. Austin was one such Empresario that brought slave-owning settlers. Squatters were also settling on the land without permission. These circumstances resulted in the Mexican government banning American settlers in 1830.
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Event 4
Americans now living in Texas were numerous, and after the Mexican ban on future settlement, they declared independence from Mexico and wrote a constitution (modeled after the U.S. Constitution) for the newly declared Republic of Texas.
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Event 5
Fighting began in 1836 after Texas declared Independence. One major battle happened at the Alamo near San Antonio Texas. It was a Catholic Mission turned into a fort. The Texans defended the Alamo but were overrun after days of fighting.
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Event 5
Fighting also took place at the Battle of Goliad. Again, Mexican forces were victorious. At both the Alamo and Goliad, Mexico executed all of the surrendering survivors.
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Event 6
Texan leader Sam Houston rallied more Texans to attack the Mexican army, led by General Santa Anna. while it camped near San Jacinto. Santa Anna had foolishly separated his forces to pursue the Texans.
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Event 6
The Mexicans were defeated in just 18 minutes at the Battle of San Jacinto. In his pre-battle speech, Houston reminded the Texans of what happened at the Alamo and of the slaughter at Goliad. Their battle cry was: “REMEMBER THE ALAMO! REMEMBER GOLIAD!”
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Event 6
The Texans forced General Santa Anna to sign the treaty which granted Texan Independence and recognized Texas as a sovereign nation. Santa Anna had no choice but to cooperate.
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