1. Do Now: What does this painting imply about the effects of Manifest Destiny?

3. 1821 Mexico wins independence from Spain 1821-1823 Land grants offered by agents (empresarios) 1825-1836 Stephen F. Austin establishes the most successful settlement 1833 Austin asks for self-government. Imprisoned by Santa Anna. Feb 1836 The Alamo April 1836 Battle of San Jacinto 1845 Texas is annexed as 28 th state

4. Texas Declaration of Independence

5. Key Figures in Texas Independence, 1836 Sam Houston (1793-1863) Steven Austin (1793-1836)

6. The Republic of Texas

8.  Annexed Texas  Slidell Mission  Wilmot Proviso Mexican War

9. The Slidell Mission: Nov, 1845  Rio Grande River as the border  Forgive claims  Buy New Mexico & California John Slidell

10. Wilmot Proviso, 1846 All land from Mexico would not be slave states. All land from Mexico would not be slave states. Congr. David Wilmot (D-PA)

11. The Mexican War (1846-1848)

12. The Effects of the War

13. General Zachary Taylor “Old Rough and Ready”

14. Mexican War → Civil War

15. Treaty of Guadalupe- Hidalgo, 1848 Nicholas Trist, American Negotiator

16. California - GOLD! At Sutter’s Mill, 1848 John A. Sutter

17. California Gold Rush, 1849 49er’s

19. Write a response to the idea of Manifest Destiny:  Response = question, agree/disagreement, aha moment  Your response must include one piece of supporting textual evidence Write a response to your classmate  Read and underline their most interesting idea  Respond to their interesting idea in agreement or disagreement.  Use textual evidence.