2. Greedy AmericansGreedy Americans  Eager for land, Americans wanted Texas  Spanish wanted to populate area, but Mexicans had won their independence  In 1823 a large chunk of land goes to Stephen Austin  He would bring into Texas 300 American families  They would be Roman Catholic and become Mexicanized

3. Stephen AustinStephen Austin  2 stipulations were ignored  30,000 by 1835  Most were law abiding, God-fearing people, but no all were  Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Sam Houston

4. Tough PioneersTough Pioneers  These people were not easy to push around  Friction rapidly increased between Texans and Mexicans over issues like slavery, immigration, local rights  Mexico emancipated its slaves in 1830  Texans wanted to keep their slaves

5. Seeds of RebellionSeeds of Rebellion  When Stephen Austin went to Mexico City in 1833 to negotiate differences the dictator Santa Anna put him in jail for 8 months  In 1835 he wiped out all local rights and started to raise an army to suppress the Texans  1836 Texas declares independence, Long Star flag and name Sam Houston commander in chief  Santa Anna had about 6,000 men and he sent them in

6. Battle of the AlamoBattle of the Alamo  Trapped about 200 Texans at Alamo in San Antonio  Killed every man after 13 days trying  Colonel W.B. Travis: “I shall never surrender not retreat… Victory or Death”  Slain heroes like Bowie and Crockett became legendary after their death  Scores of vengeful Americans seized their rifles and rushed to aid of relatives, friends and compatriots

7. Bowie KnifeBowie Knife

8. Texas RevolutionTexas Revolution

9. Caught like a cowardCaught like a coward  When finally confronted and caught, Santa Anna was found cowering in tall grass near the battlefield, confronted with bowie knives he quickly signed 2 treaties  He agreed to withdraw Mexican troops and recognize Rio Grande as southwestern boundary of Texas  After he was released, he said the agreement was illegal

10. What to do now U.S?What to do now U.S?  Events put U.S gov. in a sticky situation  Texas wanted to join the Union, but issue of slavery halted proceedings  Antislavery crusaders in North were opposing annexation, didn’t want to add another slave state  Another Missouri Compromise? How to deal with this issue…

11. Texican cultureTexican culture  The “Old Three Hundred” were the original settlers in Texas  Mostly Scots- Irish southerners from the trans- Appalachian frontier they were cultured people  All but 4 were literate  Wide ranging horse patrols organized to attack Indian camps became the Texas Rangers

12. Clashes in cultureClashes in culture  Texas lies along the border where Hispanic and Anglo- American cultures meet, mingle and clash  The Texas Revolution was partly a contest of those two cultures  Mainly though a contest on philosophy of government, liberal frontier ideals of freedom against conservative concept of centralized “control”