1. Agenda:
Trade and Grade: Branches of State Govt.
Warm Up: Painting Analysis
TX President Notes and Reasons for and Against Annexation
From Republic to Statehood WS (25 min)
Exit Ticket: Political Cartoon Analysis
HW: Re-Write Excerpts into Everyday Speak

2. Warm Up: What event do you think is happening in this photo and what from the painting makes you think that?

3. Native American Policies
Notes
Sam Houston
Mirabeau B Lamar
Anson Jones
Years of Presidency ,
Economic Policies
printed money to help the money supply
money became worthless
cut government spending during second term
printed new money called redbacks
redbacks became worthless
spent millions on the military
Limited Government & Military spending
Increase Trade
Increase value of TX Currency (on par with US
Native American Policies
wanted to allow tribes to keep their lands
wanted to get rid of the
Texas tribes
 wanted peace with the Texas tribes and for them to keep their lands
Annexation
in favor of annexation
against Annexation
 in favor of Annexation

4. Draw a T-Chart and write slides 5-9 in the right area
Arguments For the Annexation of Texas
Arguments Against the Annexation of Texas

5. Arguments AGAINST Texas Annexation
After the Revolution, most Texans wanted to be part of the fabulous United States!
Republic of Texas
We don’t want you!!!!
Reason #1 - Mexico
Mexico still did not accept that Texas won the Revolution and never formally recognized the Republic… if the U.S. annexed Texas, Mexico might go to war because they believed that Texas legally belong to them!

6. Reason #2 - Slavery
There were 26 states in the U.S. … 13 are free states (no slavery) and 13 are slave states. The U.S. needed to maintain a balance in the U.S. Congress… Texas would tip that balance over to which side??? Which states would have more power on Congress?
Slave States 13
Free States

7. Reason #3 - Texas’ Debt
Texas borrowed a lot of money to pay for the Revolution. The Republic also had created more debt with worthless money! If annexed, the U.S. would have to take on that debt! Until Texas could pay the U.S. (and the other countries) the money it owed, the U.S. did not want to make Texas a state.

8. Arguments FOR Texas Annexation
Reason #1 - Manifest Destiny – the belief that the United States was meant to expand from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean

9. Reason #2 – Economic Growth – Texas and the rest of the West provided more land for settlement, farming and trade opportunities.

10. What were the details of the Joint Resolution of 1845? (p. 316-317)
Describe the details President John Tyler’s proposed Texas Treaty. (p. 315)
Texas:
a territory or
a state?
What were the details of the Joint Resolution of 1845? (p )
What was the outcome of the Texas Treaty (1844)? (p. 315)
Why was the Joint Resolution of 1845 a better deal for Texas? (p )

11. TERMS OF TEXAS ANNEXATION
Texas could become a state as soon as
Texans voted for annexation and adopted a state constitution.
ANNEXATION?
Texas could keep its public lands but would have to sell some to pay off its debt to the United States.
The United States would provide military protection and postal service to Texas.
Texas would enter the United States as a STATE, not as a TERRITORY.
Statehood

12. Texas officially entered the United States on December 29, 1845
Texas officially entered the United States on December 29, On February 19, 1846, at a ceremony at the capitol in Austin, President Anson Jones declared “The Republic of Texas is no more”. Texas’ the first governor, J. Pinckney Henderson took over as the leader of the 28th state.

13. Exit Ticket:
With your partner, analyze the political cartoon, “The Marriage of Texas.”
Who does the star represent?
Who does the woman represent?
Who does the eagle represent?
Who is conducting the marriage ceremony?

14. HW: read and discuss the following excerpts from the Lone Star of Texas (1851) by G.G. Simcox.
WHEN the Lone Star of Texas arose in the West, Pale and dimly it shone from its orbit on high, For the Mexican Eagle had flown from his nest, And his broad dusky wings overshadowed the sky…
And now in the flag of the Union, that star In a bright constellation unceasingly glows. And long may it shine, in peace or in war, A beacon to friends, or a terror to foes.
Re-write the excerpts in everyday language to reflect the author’s message.