Mexican American War
Mexico in 1821
Empresarios Land Agents
Stephen F. Austin
“Texas’s Old Three Hundred” Initial 297 land grants Each family received: 177 inexpensive acres of farmland 15,000 acres for stock grazing 10 year exemption from paying taxes
The Rio Grande
“Gone to Texas”
Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna
Texas Revolution -- 1836
Lt. Colonel William Travis
The Alamo
Jim Bowie & Davy Crockett
The Alamo 12 day siege – February 23, 1836 – March 6, 1836 Santa Anna & army attack the rebels in the Alamo All 187 defenders & hundreds of Mexicans died—as many as 1,500
Texans declared their independence from Mexico March 2, 1836 Texans declared their independence from Mexico
Sam Houston
Remember the Alamo
Treaty of Velasco
Republic of Texas
Texas Becomes a State December 29, 1845 28th state in the Union
Moving Towards War
John Brown
John Brown’s Raid on Harper’s Ferry—October 16, 1859
Harper’s Ferry
John Brown’s Execution
Election of 1860 – Abraham Lincoln’s Campaign Poster
Election of 1860 – Electoral Votes
Presidential Election Results Popular Vote Electoral Vote
South Carolina Secedes – December 20, 1860
Jefferson Davis, President of the Confederacy
Lincoln’s Oath of Office – March 4, 1861
Federal Property Property belonging to the United States government: Post Offices, Armories, etc.
Fort Sumter, South Carolina—April 12, 1861
Major Robert Anderson, Ft. Sumter’s Commander
General P.G.T. Beauregard, Confederate Army
Captain Abner Doubleday