1. Your Daily Brain Buster
A man is on an island with no food and no water. Yet he doesn’t fear for his life. Why?
Have some yes or no questions.

3. Welcome Back!! Brain Buster Consent For SDUSD Survey
Texas Notes (pg 104)
Texas State Marker (pg 105)

4. A little background
Andrew Jackson invades Florida, with out permission…kinda
“I’ll take care of it.”
White settlers in Georgia asked the government to help stop Indian raids from Florida

5. A little background Jackson invades Florida without permission.
The Message to Spain is “Govern, or Get out”
Spain agrees to get out and the U.S. purchases Florida for $5M
And….
“I’ll take care of it.”

6. We agree to honor Spain’s long time claim to Texas….
Hahahahahahahaha

7. Texas
Settlers in Texas
Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821

8. Texas Settlers in Texas Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821
Mexicans let Americans move in to control Native Americans.
“Sweet! We could use the land for farming!”
“You Americans can come in and settle in Texas”

9. Texas Settlers in Texas Mexico won independence from Spain in 1821
Mexicans let Americans move in to control Native Americans.

10. “You must agree to some terms if you want to bring people to Texas.”
C. Stephen F. Austin 1. Led 300 families to Texas in ,000 Americans in Texas by 1830
“Deal”
“You must agree to some terms if you want to bring people to Texas.”

11. D. Mexicans enforced unpopular laws 1
D. Mexicans enforced unpopular laws 1. Texans must practice Catholicism 2. No Slavery
Spanish
only

12. Tejanos complaints about White Settlers:
American Settlers had come to Texas illegally
Settlers had no respect for Mexican culture
Settlers had no intention of becoming citizens

13. D. Mexicans enforced unpopular laws 1
D. Mexicans enforced unpopular laws 1. Texans must practice Catholicism 2. No Slavery 3. Closed border in 1830

14. II. Conflict with Mexico A
II. Conflict with Mexico A. General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna (Dictator) 1. Jails S. Austin for attempting negotiations of Texas. 2. Austin’s followers insight rebellion after Austin’s release.

15. And the rebellion led to this

16. A. Texans Turned church into fort in San Antonio
III. The Alamo – March 1836
A. Texans Turned church into fort in San Antonio
Texans commanded by William Travis
2. Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie
Santa Anna’s black Flag = No mercy
Travis never gets reinforcements

17. B. Mexicans attacked March 6, 1836 1. 183 Texans killed 2
B. Mexicans attacked March 6, Texans killed 2. 1,500 Mexican soldiers killed

18. “We want revenge for the executions!!”

19. IV. Independence A. Battle of San Jacinto (April 1836) 1
IV. Independence A. Battle of San Jacinto (April 1836) 1. Texans led by Sam Houston 2. Defeated Mexicans & captured Santa Anna
San Jacinto River
Houston attacked in afternoon (Mexican Army sleep deprived)
Exchanged Santa Anna for Texas Independence

20. B. Lone Star Republic 1. Constitution based on United States 2
B. Lone Star Republic 1. Constitution based on United States 2. Sam Houston elected president 3. Most Texans wanted Annexation to U.S.

21. C. Problems with annexation 1. Might cause war with Mexico 2
C. Problems with annexation 1. Might cause war with Mexico 2. Slavery issue – North vs. South

22. Your Task (pg 105) (creating a State Marker)
Include the following:
A minimum of 5 key details about the history of Texas (people, events, interesting facts, important dates, etc)
Include a State Seal at the top that represents Texas History.