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Why could Texas not stay an independent country?

• Texas did not have enough space for the people moving in

• Texas had large DEBTS and needed PROTECTION from the U.S.

Annexation means....

• to JOIN with something else

• to become independent

Why did some U.S. leaders oppose, or disagree, the annexation of Texas?

• They wanted to keep some parts of slavery

• They did not want anther slave state or Texas' debt

What happens AFTER Santa Anna becomes Mexico's dictator?

• Stephen F. Austin begins a colony in Texas

• Texas Revolution

Why did the U.S. declare war on Mexic?

• Mexico and Texas disputed over boundaries and Mexican soldiers attacked a small U.S. army unit.

• Texas stole land from Mexico

Sam Houston...

• was elected as the first president of Texas

• fought in the Texas Revolution

Stephen F. Austin...

• Fought in the Texas Revolution

• Texas state capital named in his honor

Texas Rangers....

• protected many states

• protected the Texas frontier

What made voting difficult for African Americans after Reconstruction?

• Emancipation Proclamation

• Jim Crow Laws

Life for enslaved African Americans on Texas plantations was..

• They were able to sell crops they grew for money

• they were forced to work long hours in the field for no pay