1. Texas

2. 1803: Louisiana Purchase 1819: drop claim –Spain promotes Amer. Settlements 1821: Mexico gains land from Spain 1830:Mexico stops Amer. Immigration 1833: Mexico drops ban 1836 –March: Alamo falls..Texas declares independence from Mexico –May: Mexico recognizes Texas’s independence Dec. 29, 1845: Texas becomes a state of the United States Texas

3. Settlement –1819: Tejanos & Native Amer, –Empresarios such as Moses and Stephen Austin –1830: Americans outnumber Mexicans –Ranchers and cattlemen

4. Texas Independence from Mexico –Mexico bans Amer. & taxes Amer. Imports –Pres. Gen. Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna Drops ban on Amer. Settlers but not tax Stephen Austin plans Texas’s Independence 1835: Mex. Armies sent to Texas terr. 1835: Amer. Take control of San Antonio 1836: Battle of the Alamo –Gave Texas leaders time to declare independence & establish the Republic of Texas Setup new Texas gov’t –Named Sam Houston commander in chief March: Alamo falls..Texas declares independence from Mexico defeated Mexican army at San Jacinto May: Mexico recognizes Texas’s independence Independence not recognized for many years by Mexico

5. Texas Journey to statehood –1836: Sam Houston elected Texas’s president –Wanted US to annex Texas –Slave issue stalls annexation North objects to another slave state Pres. Jackson & Van Buren delay Pres. Tyler tries Pres. Polk succeeds by supporting the North on gaining the Oregon country & South on Texas