MANIFEST DESTINY
THE MEXICANS WON THEIR FREEDOM FROM SPAIN AND OWNED TEXAS THE MEXICANS WON THEIR FREEDOM FROM SPAIN AND OWNED TEXAS. THERE WERE MANY MISSIONS IN TEXAS TO CONVERT THE INDIANS TO CHRISTIANITY.
MEXICAN SETTLER IN TEXAS
TEJANOS: MEXICAN SETTLERS IN TEXAS
VAQUERO… Mexican Cowboys
INDIAN RAIDS ON EARLY SPANISH SETTLERS.
APACHE SETTLEMENT
BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE INDIANS AND U.S. MEXICO ENCOURAGED AMERICAN IMMIGRATION TO TEXAS IN ORDER TO POPULATE THE AREA AND TO SERVE AS A BUFFER ZONE BETWEEN MEXICO AND THE INDIANS AND U.S.
The capital of Texas is named STEPHEN AUSTIN: One of the original Emprasarios in Texas… The capital of Texas is named after them. MOSES AUSTIN: father of Stephen
An empresario was an individual who, in the early years of the settlement of Texas, had been granted the right to settle on Mexican land in exchange for recruiting and taking responsibility for new settlers.
AMERICAN SETTLERS WERE SUPPOSED TO BECOME MEXICAN CITIZENS, CATHOLICS, AND NOT SUPPOSED TO BRING IN SLAVES…THEY BROKE ALL THESE RULES.
President of Mexico, Antonio López de Santa Anna…wanted to punish the Texans For not following rules
IN 1835, AMERICANS IN TEXAS REBELLED AGAINST THE MEXICAN GOVERNMENT TO HOPEFULLY BECOME A NEW U.S. STATE. THIS IS CALLED THE TEXAS REBELLION.
THE ALAMO: AN OLD SPANISH MISSION TURNED INTO A FORT BY THE AMERICANS
THE SIEGE AND BATTLE AT THE ALAMO BETWEEN AMERICAN AND MEXICAN TROOPS LASTED 13 DAYS.
DAVY CROCKETT GETS HIS
SAM HOUSTON LED THE TEXAS SETTLER’S ARMY AGAINST SANTA ANNA
AN INJURED SAM HOUSTON ACCEPTS SANTA ANNA’S SURRENDER AT THE BATTLE OF SAN JACINTO
LONE STAR REPUBLIC: THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS
Republic Of Texas
EARLY TEXAS RANGERS: LAWMEN WHO ALSO FOUGHT AGAINST THE COMMANCHE INDIANS
THE COUNTRY CALLED THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS BECAME A STATE IN 1845…CAUSING THE MEXICAN WAR.
54 40 or fight!!! Is my campaign slogan JAMES K. POLK
54-40 OR FIGHT!!
INDEPENDENCE ROCK, WYOMING
THE REEDS: THEIR FAMILY DID NOT EAT PEOPLE!
JOSEPH SMITH AND MORONI
BRIGHAM YOUNG
THE MORMONS CROSS THE FROZEN MISSISSIPPI FROM NAVOO ILLINOIS
THE MORMONS WENT TO UTAH WHICH WAS OUTSIDE THE U.S.
THE MODERN CITY OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH IS LOCATED WHERE BRIGHAM YOUNG SETTLED THE MORMONS AFTER TRAVELING FROM ILLINOIS
MORMON TEMPLE IN SALT LAKE CITY
WHEN THE U.S. OBTAINED UTAH FROM THE MEXICANS, YOUNG WANTED THIS TO BE A STATE WITH HIM AS GOVERNER.
On September 11, 1857, a pioneer wagon train bound for California was attacked by Mormons and their Indian allies. 120 men, women, and children were massacred...This was the Mountain Meadows Massacre.
Brigham Young called himself the Muhammad of the West and his Quran was the Book of Mormon.
BRIGHAM YOUNG IN LATER YEARS
HIS LAST WIFE TOLD THE NATION ABOUT YOUNG”S POLYGAMOUS HABITS…THEY WERE SHOCKED!!!
MEXICAN WAR
BEAR FLAG REVOLT IN CALIFORNIA
WILMOT THE WILMOT PROVISO TO THE TREATY OF GUADALUPE HILDAGO SAID THAT THE NEW LAND WE STOLE FROM MEXICO SHOULD BE SLAVE FREE: THE PROVISO IS REMOVED.
A worker discovers gold in the American River next to John Sutter’s sawmill near Sacramento.
Sutter actually had a fort he bought from the Russians.
THE CALIFORNIA GOLD RUSH OF 1849 BEGINS!
MANY CHINESE WENT TO THE GOLD FIELDS
SAMUEL MORSE AND THE TELEGRAPH
TREATY OF FORT LARAMIE IN 1868