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Civilisation des Etats Unis--6d: Manifest Destiny
Prof. Sämi LUDWIG UHA Mulhouse
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Texas → Mexico’s liberal colonization laws • 4000 Spanish settlers • 1828: 2000 American settlers • 1836: 25’000 American settlers Proclamation of independence: “Lone Star State” Antonio Lopez de Santa Ana, “Napoleon of the West,” attacks Alamo Mission in San Antonio → “Remember the Alamo” vs. General Sam Houston (1812 with Andrew Jackson) Texas Rangers Battle of San Jacinto: captures Santa Ana → Rio Grande as southwestern boundary 1st President of Republic of Texas 1845 Annexation of Texas (as a slave state) under President Tyler
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“Remember the Alamo!”
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“Surrender of Santa Ana”
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Sam Houston
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Mexican War ( ) US send negotiator John Slidell - to ratify new border, buy New Mexico and California → is not received by President José J. Herrera - battles of Monterrey, Buena Vista 1847 Mexico City conquered (!) Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo → on Texas, Southwest
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Mexican War movements
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