Republic and Statehood Reassess

1. Sam Houston

• Peace with the Natives and decrease the military size and Navy

• Moved the Capital to Austin

• Did not want peace with natives and Mexico

• Wanted War

Why would the location of Santa Fe encourage Mirabeau Lamar to annex it?

• to gain control over disputed land that both Texas and Mexico claimed and as the first step in the Republic’s expansion to the Pacific Ocean

• Wanted peace with Mexico

• Wanted peace with the natives

• Was a saver

Why did the U.S. not want to annex Texas?

• Didn't want to anger the Natives

• Didn't want to gain land to the West

• Northerners did not want to annex a large slave-holding state

• Feared Texas would take over the U.S.

How did Manifest Destiny influence the annexation of Texas?

• Didn't want to anger the Natives

• Didn't want to gain land to the West

• Many Americans supported Texas statehood because they were eager to expand the United States to the Pacific Ocean.

• Feared Texas would take over the U.S.

Marriage of Texas

• Annexation

• Civil War

• Mexico Independence

• Texas Revolution

Fredricksburg and New Braunfels / Kindergarden / Sausage making

• German

• Polish

• Mexican

• French

Why did the Czech people immigrate into Texas?

• Forced out of the U.S.

• Polish

• The availability of cheap farmland for poor Czech families.

• French

Why did immigrants move to Texas?

• Forced out of the U.S.

• German, Polish, and Czech immigrants moved to Texas for economic and political opportunities.

• The availability of cheap farmland for poor all families.

• Forced out of there country

California admitted to the U.S. as a free state Texas gave up disputed land to U.S. in return for 10 million dollars Fugitive Slave Act passed

• Civil war

• Compromise of 1850

• Mexican Cession

• Mexican american war

What caused the Mexican American War?

• Boarder dispute over the boundry of Mexico and Texas

• Compromise of 1850

• Mexican Cession

• Mexican american war