Agenda: Trade and Grade: Branches of State Govt. Warm Up: Painting Analysis TX President Notes and Reasons for and Against Annexation From Republic to Statehood WS (25 min) Exit Ticket: Political Cartoon Analysis HW: Re-Write Excerpts into Everyday Speak

Warm Up: What event do you think is happening in this photo and what from the painting makes you think that?

Native American Policies Notes Sam Houston Mirabeau B. Lamar Anson Jones Years of Presidency 1836-1838, 1841-1844 1838-1841 1844-1846 Economic Policies printed money to help the money supply money became worthless cut government spending during second term printed new money called redbacks redbacks became worthless spent millions on the military Limited Government & Military spending Increase Trade Increase value of TX Currency (on par with US Native American Policies wanted to allow tribes to keep their lands wanted to get rid of the Texas tribes  wanted peace with the Texas tribes and for them to keep their lands Annexation in favor of annexation against Annexation  in favor of Annexation

Draw a T-Chart and write slides 5-9 in the right area Arguments For the Annexation of Texas Arguments Against the Annexation of Texas  

Arguments AGAINST Texas Annexation After the Revolution, most Texans wanted to be part of the fabulous United States! Republic of Texas We don’t want you!!!! Reason #1 - Mexico Mexico still did not accept that Texas won the Revolution and never formally recognized the Republic… if the U.S. annexed Texas, Mexico might go to war because they believed that Texas legally belong to them!

Reason #2 - Slavery There were 26 states in the U.S. … 13 are free states (no slavery) and 13 are slave states. The U.S. needed to maintain a balance in the U.S. Congress… Texas would tip that balance over to which side??? Which states would have more power on Congress? Slave States 13 Free States

Reason #3 - Texas’ Debt Texas borrowed a lot of money to pay for the Revolution. The Republic also had created more debt with worthless money! If annexed, the U.S. would have to take on that debt! Until Texas could pay the U.S. (and the other countries) the money it owed, the U.S. did not want to make Texas a state.

Arguments FOR Texas Annexation Reason #1 - Manifest Destiny – the belief that the United States was meant to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

Reason #2 – Economic Growth – Texas and the rest of the West provided more land for settlement, farming and trade opportunities.

What were the details of the Joint Resolution of 1845? (p. 316-317) Describe the details President John Tyler’s proposed Texas Treaty. (p. 315)   Texas: a territory or a state? What were the details of the Joint Resolution of 1845? (p. 316-317) What was the outcome of the Texas Treaty (1844)? (p. 315) Why was the Joint Resolution of 1845 a better deal for Texas? (p. 316-317)

TERMS OF TEXAS ANNEXATION Texas could become a state as soon as Texans voted for annexation and adopted a state constitution. ANNEXATION? Texas could keep its public lands but would have to sell some to pay off its debt to the United States. The United States would provide military protection and postal service to Texas. Texas would enter the United States as a STATE, not as a TERRITORY. Statehood

Texas officially entered the United States on December 29, 1845 Texas officially entered the United States on December 29, 1845. On February 19, 1846, at a ceremony at the capitol in Austin, President Anson Jones declared “The Republic of Texas is no more”. Texas’ the first governor, J. Pinckney Henderson took over as the leader of the 28th state.

Exit Ticket: With your partner, analyze the political cartoon, “The Marriage of Texas.” Who does the star represent? Who does the woman represent? Who does the eagle represent? Who is conducting the marriage ceremony?

HW: read and discuss the following excerpts from the Lone Star of Texas (1851) by G.G. Simcox. WHEN the Lone Star of Texas arose in the West, Pale and dimly it shone from its orbit on high, For the Mexican Eagle had flown from his nest, And his broad dusky wings overshadowed the sky… And now in the flag of the Union, that star In a bright constellation unceasingly glows. And long may it shine, in peace or in war, A beacon to friends, or a terror to foes. Re-write the excerpts in everyday language to reflect the author’s message.