Texan Independence

By: Dan K (Champ Kind), Paul Z (Ron Burgandy), Veronica (Veronica Corningston aka the expert), and Saadebling El Texan

I. Americans began to settle Texas
1. Stephen F. Austin inhereited land in Texas
2. Agreed on a compromise with the Mexican government
a) Americans would become Mexican citizens
b) Americans would adopt the Catholic religion
c) Mexican government would allow the U.S. to settle Texas
3. Soon enough Americans outnumbered Tejanos two to one
4. Texas held three communities
a) Americans
b) Tejanos
c) Comanche Indians
II. Events that inclined Texas to revolt
1. 1831 - Mexico abolished slavery
a) Loss of unpaid labor-->severe blow to the cotton economy
b) Reminded citizens of the tolerant official view of slavery held in the U.S.
2. Mexican government abolished U.S. immigration
a) Many residents were outraged if they had relatives in the U.S.
3. Mexico placed heavy duties on importation of foreign goods
a) Loosened ties between U.S. and Mexico
4. 1833 - General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna came to power
a) Pledged to consolidate power
b) strengthen national unity
c) Many American Texans wanted to continue their ways of self government
i. this rise of a Mexican nationalist to power alarmed them
III. War
1. War broke out in 1835
2. The Texans gained indepedence
3. Sam Houstan was the first President of the Republic of Texas
4. Texas was annexed by the U.S. in 1844
---All of this was due to the expansionist policies of Polk


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