1. Chapter 14: Texas Faces Foreign Challenges Section 2: Conflict with Mexico

2. Thinking Question
Imagine you are the leader of Mexico, what are some policies you might have towards Texas following the Texas Revolution?

3. Santa Fe Expedition Texas claimed Rio Grande as southern border
Mexico contested this claim
Lamar wanted to expand trade and Texas influence

4. Santa Fe Expedition June 1841: Lamar sends 320 people to Santa Fe
Santa Fe expedition sent to expand Texas control in the West
Hugh McLeod—leader of the Santa Fe expedition

5. Santa Fe Expedition
Experienced hardships: Indian attacks and ran low on food and water
Wagons got stuck near Caprock
Divides soldiers

6. Santa Fe Expedition Oct 1841: Captured by Mexican forces
Marched 1200 miles to Mexico City
Imprisoned until following April

7. Santa Fe Expedition Jose Navarro sentenced to death Later escaped
60 Texans died
Jose Antonio Navarro

8. The Texas Navy Sept 1841: Lamar sends Navy to Yucatan coast
Rebels agreed to pay $8000/month for use of Texas Navy
Texas Navy Flag

9. The Texas Navy
Lamar used the Texas Navy to pressure Mexico for recognition
1841: Sam Houston becomes president and orders navy home
Houston tries to sell the navy

10. The Archives War
Mexican leaders upset with actions of the Lamar administration
1842: General Ráfael Vásquez enters Texas
Attacks San Antonio, Goliad, Refugio, & Victoria

11. The Archives War
Texans panic & fear an attack on Austin
Houston orders archives be removed
Austin residents oppose move

12. Depiction of Archives War
The Archives War
Archives War—struggle over attempt to move government record from Austin to Houston in 1842
Depiction of Archives War

13. Angelina Eberly statue in Austin
The Archives War
Angelina Eberly—leader in the Archives War
Angelina Eberly statue in Austin

14. The Archives War Sept 1842: Mexico invades Texas again
Adrián Woll—Mexican general who captured San Antonio in September 1842
Texans forced Woll to retreat

15. The Mier Expedition Texans angry about attacks
Alexander Somervell—general sent by Houston to pursue General Woll
Recapture soldiers taken by General Woll

16. The Mier Expedition
Reach Rio Grande
Realizes he does not have enough supplies or soldiers
Orders troops home

17. The Mier Expedition
300 of 750 soldiers disobey and decide to invade Mexico
Mier expedition—an invasion of Mexico by rebellious Texas troops in 1842
Dec 23, 1842: Texans enter Mier and demand supplies

18. 900 Mexican soldiers waiting for them
The Mier Expedition
Supplies do not arrive
Texans storm town
900 Mexican soldiers waiting for them

19. The Mier Expedition
100 Mexicans, 30 Texans killed
Texans surrender
Mexican commander ignores order to execute prisoners

20. The Mier Expedition Prisoners marched to Mexico City
Santa Anna orders every 10th prisoner shot
Prisoners draw beans
Drawing Beans

21. Execution of Mier Expedition participants
The Mier Expedition
Black bean = death (blindfolded & shot)
White Bean = no punishment
September 1844: last of the prisoners released
Execution of Mier Expedition participants

22. The Mier Expedition
Britain & France worked to restore peace between Texas & Mexico
An independent Texas would slow U.S. expansion
British Flag
French Flag

23. The Mier Expedition
Spring 1845: British presents Mexican government with a document recognizing Texas independence
Texas agrees not to be annexed
Agreement only preliminary

24. Mexico agreed to proposal Wished to prevent U.S. expansion
The Mier Expedition
Mexico agreed to proposal
Wished to prevent U.S. expansion
Texans have a choice

25. Texas
Mexico