Troubles in New Spain  All good jobs are given to Spanish born citizens  Mexican citizens were not given high paying jobs  Increase Mexican taxes to help pay for wars  Mexicans were paying taxes for wars they were not involved in. Do you think it was fair how the Mexicans were being treated by the Spanish?

Hidalgo’s Cry for Independence  September 16, 1810  Call or grito for independence from Spain Read pg  Mexico should govern themselves  Within minutes Hidalgo had an army of 600

On September 28, 1810, 30,000 rebels attacked and captured the city of Guanajuato. Over 500 Spaniards are slaughtered

Hidalgo’s end  Hidalgo was captured November 1810  Found Guilty of Treason  Stripped of his priesthood  Shot as a rebel  July 30, 1811

Gutierrez-Magee Expedition Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara  Follower of Father Hidalgo  Filibuster Augustus W. Magee  U.S. Army  Helped clean out the Neutral Ground

Gutierrez-Magee Expedition  Gutierrez asked the US for help  Gutierrez and Magee meet in Louisiana  Organized Republic of the North  TejanosAmericans  MexicansNative Americans  Texans  Promised them  $40 per month of fighting  League of land (about 4,500 acres)

Gutierrez-Magee Expedition  August 8, 1812  Crossed the Sabine River with an army of 150  Took over Nacogdoches  Proclaimed Texas independent from Spain  November 1812  Moved on to La Bahia (Goliad)  Magee dies of sickness February 6,  April 1813  Occupies San Antonio with an army of 800  Spanish Royalist Army surrenders  All Spanish officers are murdered

Battle of Medina  August 18, 1813  15 miles south of San Antonio  Republican army of 1,400 vs. Spanish Royalist army of 1,830  Only 100 republican soldiers survived  Nearly all filibusters are killed  Ambushed - 4 hour battle  The battle for independence is stopped again  Known as the bloodiest battle ever fault on Texas soil

Troubles in New Spain  All good jobs are given to Spanish born citizens  Mexican citizens were not given high paying jobs  Increase Mexican taxes to help pay for wars  Mexicans were paying taxes for wars they were not involved in.

Filibusters  Philip Nolan  In 1791 came into Texas to capture wild horses  Had permission at first  Friendship with U.S. Army commander made Spain suspicious  In 1800 was told not to come back  March was killed by the Spanish

Filibusters  James Long Expedition  June 1819 (after the Adams-Onis Treaty)  Led a group to Nacogdoches  Claimed Texas independent from Spain  Tried to take over La Bahia/Goliad  March 1822, Long was imprisoned in San Antonio  Transferred to Mexico City  Shot by a prison guard April 8, 1822

Pirates  Louis Michel Aury  Captured Spanish ships along the coast  faught with Rebels against Spain  Jean Lafitte  Fighting for Mexican independence  Was hoping to take valuable from Spanish ships  Operated from Galveston Island

CHAMPS  C = level 1  H = raise your hand for help  A = creating a wanted poster  M = standard move around the room rules apply  P = shoulder partner work. You can use your tablets.  S = NO FAILURE!!! You can ONLY use the web-site for research Directions  Choose one of the following filibusters  Jean Lafitte  James Long  Philip Nolan  Create a wanted poster  Include the following items  Why this person is wanted (4 Sentence Min.)-50pts  Amount for Reward-10pts  Drawing of filibuster -30pts  Neatness-10pts