Texas Independence/Mexican American War

The idea that the United States has the right to extend its boundaries all the way to the Pacific

• Manifest Destiny

• Westward Expansion

• joint occupation

• immigration

Business man who worked as a land agent to bring settlers to Texas -

• Conservative

• Empresario

• Encomendero

• Federalist

Why were Americans in Texas (which belonged to Mexico) in 1830?

• Mexico offered them land at a cheap price

• Americans wanted to steal the land.from the Mexicans

• Americans wanted to learn spanish

When Americans first wanted to settle in Texas, what were the rules the Mexican government gave them?

• Speak Spanish

• Convert to Catholicism

• Obey Mexican laws

• All of the above

In 1833 this man became President of Mexico?

• Antonio Lopez De Santa Anna

• Miguel Hidalgo

• Porfirio Diaz

• Benito Juarez

What did President Santa Anna do to upset the Mexican Government?

• He taxed the land

• He named himself dictator and threw out Mexico’s constitution

• He refused to obey all the laws

What did the Mexican government do to upset the Americans in Texas?

• issued a decree, or official order, that stopped all immigration from the United States

• Wanted to place a larger tax on land

How did the Mexican government react to the request for Texas independence?

• They allowed Texas to become independent

• They refused their request for independence

In February 1836 a Mexican army of 5,000 troops advance on a small Texan force barricaded in this nearby mission?

• The Alamo

• San Antonio

• San Jacinto

• Goliad

Who won the Battle of the Alamo?

• Texas

• Mexico