1. Lesson 2: Statehood for Florida and Texas

2. Florida Floridians vote to seek statehood
1839: FL constitution sent to U.S. Congress for approval
Allowed slavery (problem)
Called for a system of public schools
1845: FL becomes slave state (27th state); Iowa becomes free state

3. Texas 1821: Mexico wins independence from Spain, includes Texas
Texas: small population (mainly Native Americans & Tejanos)
Mexicans offer land to people who would bring families to settle there
Americans go, supposed to become Mexican citizens
Outnumber Mexicans
Tejanos break Mexicans’ rules
Don’t learn Spanish
Don’t become Catholic
Use slaves

4. Texas (cont.) 1830: Mexico issues decree
Closes borders to further immigration
Texans: break away from Mexico?
1835: Mexican General Santa Anna leads army into Texas

5. The Alamo Feb 1836: ~180 Texans barricade themselves inside the Alamo
Leaders: Davy Crockett, William B. Travis, Jim Bowie
Hold off Mexicans for 13 days
March 6: Mexicans enter Alamo, kill all rebels (exc. a few women, children & servants)
“Remember the Alamo!”

6. Texas Declares its Independence
March 2, 1836: Republic of Texas established
April 21, 1836: Sam Houston surprises Mexicans at Battle of San Jacinto, killing or capturing almost everyone
May 14, 1836: Santa Anna signs treaty recognizing Texan independence
September 1836: Sam Houston elected as president of Texas
Wants U.S. to annex Texas
Jackson refuses (not another slave state)
1845: Polk annexes Texas

7. Texas Declares its Independence
March 2, 1836: Republic of Texas established
April 21, 1836: Sam Houston surprises Mexicans at Battle of San Jacinto, killing or capturing almost everyone
May 14, 1836: Santa Anna signs treaty recognizing Texan independence
September 1836: Sam Houston elected as president of Texas
Wants U.S. to annex Texas
Jackson refuses (not another slave state)
1845: Polk annexes Texas

8. Chapter 13 Sections 1 and 2 Group Work
Groups will speculate
'What would happen if Texas had remained a state of Mexico?
What language would Texans speak? 
What would be their relationship with the United States? 
What customs might be different?