Warm Up 1/15/2016 In your journal define Manifest Destiny. Why was Texas so appealing to the United States in helping them achieve Manifest Destiny? Sentence stem: I believe that Texas was important to the United States because_________________.

We will Identify events and issues in early state hood of Texas. Learning Objective: Success Criteria: We will Identify events and issues in early state hood of Texas. I will research and create a visual representation of an event or issue during early statehood.

Station Activity Your group will move from station to station You will have 25 minutes at each station You will researched the Main Idea, Important Details and Significance for each station You will fill out a chart for each event or issue

Indian Reservation Policy Event Main Idea Important Details Significance 1845 Constitution Provides the government of Texas proof they are a state in the U.S. Lays out how the government of Texas functions as a State Creates Executive, Legislative and Judicial Branches of government Border Disputes The U.S. and Mexico are fighting over border of Texas Mexico claimed U.S. was trespassing on their land. Rio Grande is not the border of Texas Polk sends troops into Mexico, they are killed which starts the Mexican War Mexican War War starts over border disputes between U.S. and MX 1845-1848, U.S. wins and claims territory from MX California, Nevada, Arizona, Utah, New Mexico, Wyoming and Colorado added to U.S. Indian Reservation Policy Move all Native Americans to a reservation on a smaller piece of land Feb. 16, 1852 Congress passed the bill to move the Native Americans West Separates Native Americans from civilization and forces them on smaller land Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Peace Treaty of the Mexican War and recognized annexation of Texas to the U.S. Mexico is paid 15 million dollars by U.S. The U.S. receives MX territory helping Manifest Destiny Migration of Texas Texas has lots of fertile land Many people move to Texas to start a new life European, African American, Mexican, American Citizens from the East Frontier Forts Texas needs protection from Mexico and Native Americans Military/Army forts are built to defend Texas Citizens Forts were built in cities, towns, and out in the West Compromise of 1850 Resolves issues between the Slave States and Free States California becomes a free state in the U.S. Other states that enter the U.S. will get to vote on being Free or Slave Allows states to choose if they are free or slave states by popular vote