Today’s Agenda 5/5 Aim: How did we acquire land from Mexico? HW: Oregon Trail writing assignment due Monday, 20 points

WHY DID MEXICO ALLOW AMERICANS TO SETTLE IN TEXAS? Mexico hoped the Americans would develop the area and control Indian attacks

WHAT DID AMERICANS PROMISE TO DO IN RETURN? Americans agreed to become citizens of Mexico and to worship in the Catholic Church

CONFLICT BETWEEN THE AMERICANS AND MEXICO In 1830, Mexico forbade anymore Americans to move to Texas-They were afraid Americans wanted to make Texas part of the U.S.

DATE OF TEXAS INDEPENDENCE? COMMANDER? March 2, 1836 Sam Houston

WHAT DID TEXANS CALL THEIR NATION? PRESIDENT? The Lone Star Republic Sam Houston

PROBLEMS FOR THE NEW NATION Mexico refused to accept the Treaty signed by Santa Anna Texas was nearly bankrupt

ANNEX To add on

WHY WERE SOME AMERICANS AGAINST ANNEXING TEXAS? Many northerners were against annexing Texas because it would add a slave state to the Union President Jackson was afraid it would cause war with Mexico

COMPROMISE WITH BRITAIN OVER THE OREGON TERRITORY Oregon was divided at 49 degrees latitude-Britain got the land north of the line and the U.S. got the land south of the line

HOW DID SAM HOUSTON GET THE U.S. TO ANNEX TEXAS? He pretended that Texas might become an ally of the British

WHY DID THE ANNEXATION MAKE MEXICO FURIOUS? They were concerned that California and New Mexico would want independence too Mexico never accepted the independence of Texas

WHY DID THE SOUTH AND WEST SUPPORT WAR WITH MEXICO? People in the South and West wanted more land

CEDE To give

The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo WHO WON? NAME OF TREATY? The United States The Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo

WHAT LAND DID WE GET? WHAT DO WE GIVE MEXICO? All of California and New Mexico territories $15 million

GADSDEN PURCHASE HOW MUCH? A strip of land in present day Arizona and New Mexico $10 million