Early Statehood

Texas - Annexed by the US in 1845, settlers attracted by free land

California - ceded to the US in 1848, attracted by gold

• Dependent on heavy industry

• slaveholding states

• Formerly part of Mexico

• Bordered by the Pacific Ocean

A - "Mexico had passed the boundary of the US, has invaded our territory, and shed American blood upon the American soil."

B - "The is no (conflict) of defense, but one unnecessary and of offensive aggression"

• Compromise of 1850

• Mexican - American War

• Admitting other states

• Texas declaring independence

What was acquired in the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• Texas

• Oklahoma

• Kansas

• California, Nevada, New Mexico

Final VOTE in finished, the people have decided on the next governor.

• Separation of Powers

• Checks and balances

• Popular Sovereignty

• Limited government

What did the Compromise of 1850 allows certain territories to decide about free or slave. This was land attain from the...

• Mexican - American War

• Civil War

• Revolutionary War

• War of 1812

Why did immigrants settle in Texas

• French explorers came to establish missions

• The British came to Texas to establish fur trade networks with the American Indians

• Spanish trying to convert others to catholism

• Anglos came from the US looking for inexpensive land and economic opportunity.

Was president of the US, declared war on Mexico and annexed Texas

• Anson Jones

• Stephen F Auston

• Sam Houston

• James K. Polk

Who was the Republic of Texas' fourth and final president?

• Sam Houston

• Mirabeau Lamar

• Anson Jones

• David G. Burnet

What was the most important event that happened for the Republic of Texas in 1845?

• They created the Texas Navy.

• The attack on Fort Sumter happened.

• They were annexed by the U.S.

• The Mexican-American War began.

Why did the U.S. want to annex the Republic of Texas?

• More land, more power

• Closer to completing Manifest Destiny

• Common culture with Texans

• All the above