INDEPENDENCE FOR TEXAS SECTION 11.2 P. 480

In 1803 the US claimed Texas as part of the Louisiana Purchase, Spain protested and in 1819 the US agreed to drop its claim….at that Time most of Teaxa’s 3000 residents were Tejanos….also Natives (Comanches, Apaches, Kiowas)

1821-Land Grants From Spanish to Americans--Empresarios MOSES AUSTIN

SEPTEMBER 27, 1821 MEXICAN INDEPENDENCE FROM SPAIN

AUSTIN + 300 FAMILIES STEPHEN F. AUSTIN By 1830 Americans in Texas Far Outnumbered Mexicans and Americans had not adopted Mexican ways STEPHEN F. AUSTIN

1830—MEXICAN DECREE TO STOP IMMIGRATION FROM USA A tax was also placed on American goods entering Texas…Colonists also feared Mexico would try to end slavery

1834—Austin Arrested in Mexico City SANTA ANNA TAKES OVER MEXICO

October 1835—Battle of Gonzales Considered the first fight of the Texas Revolution

Dec. 1835—San Antonio Liberated Juan Seguin

FEBRUARY/MARCH 1836—THE ALAMO

Davy Crockett Jim Bowie WILLIAM TRAVIS p. 483-484 “REMEMBER THE ALAMO”

March 1836 Texas Declares Independence 4 days before the Alamo fell

April 1836 Battle of San Jacinto SANTA ANNA CAPTURED

May 1836- Santa Anna SIGNS TREATY RECOGNIZING TEXAS INDEPENDENCE Sept. 1836--Sam Houston Elected President Mexican government refused to honor Santa Anna’s recognition of independence and fighting continued

December 1845 Texas Becomes a State 1836—Jackson refuses to annex Texas and add another slave state that would upset power balance in Congress Van Buren put off the issue of annexing Texas John Tyler persuaded Texas to reapply for annexation but the Senate failed to ratify the annexation treaty 1844-Polk elected—feeling of Manifest Destiny—congress proposed and passed a resolution to annex TX