Joey DAmbrosio
World Geography
Mr. Paxton
November 30, 2016
Texas Revolution
The Texas Revolution began one April 6, 1830 when American colonists were banned from Mexico. There were 3,500 Americans living there at the time and they all had to leave. On 1833 The Mexican government denied to accept the Texas Constitution. They were unhappy with American Constitution because they did not want to follow it. On October 2nd 1835 the first shot was fired which started the war. Texans did not let this scare them and fired on them after this happened. Seven days after that Texas won the Battle of Goliad, which pushed Mexico’s troops back. They also won the Battle of Concepcion they were outnumbered five to one but the Mexican army was never
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well trained. Texas sieged Bexar and won that even thought they were outnumbered two to one. They captured San Antonio and settled there and then finally went back home to hold Texas longer. Texans then declared independence from Mexican Government. They wrote the Declaration of Independence and Sam Houston was named commander of the army. Texas then tries to hold the Alamo after the thirteen day attack on them they eventually loss. They were surrounded on every side and since there were trees all around them the Mexican army seemed bigger and was almost invincible. Many people than joined the Texan Army by helping them try to defeat Mexico. Mexico took over the Alamo. Texans rallied for independence on March 27, 1836 after the Goliad Massacre 400 Texans surrendered at the Battle of Goliad and eventually were slain by Santa Anna.
The killings of their fallen troops made Texas outraged and made everyone in Texas rally for those troops.
On April 21, 1836 they won the Battle of San Jacinto to declare their independence from Mexico. Led by Sam Houston they defeated the Mexican army and finally gained independence from Mexico. Sam Houston was a big impact on the troops in that battle because he made them think of why they were fighting and what they wanted from this fight.
The Treaties were signed which officially gave Texas its independence from Mexico. Santa Anna signed which ended the revolution. But the Mexican government stated that he has he right to not sign these and that he does not have to follow these if he does not want to.
Sam Houston is named president of Texas on October 22, 1836. He also became the third president of Texas. Later he also became the governor of Texas when they became a part of the United States of America.
December 29, 1845 was the day Texas became a part of the U.S.A. making it the 28th state of this new country. It was the only state that was once its own nation before they became apart of the U.S.A. Texas is one of the biggest states in the United States
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now. The Mexican War started on April 25, 1846. Mexican soldiers attacked the U.S. near the Rio Grande River. They fought until Mexico lost and when they lost the U.S. gained over 500,000 square miles of Mexico’s land. The Mexican War ended when the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended.
After the U.S. defeated Mexico they realized that Texas is free and that they shouldn't fight them anymore.
These are some facts on Santa Anna. Santa Anna the leader of the Mexican Army was the head of eleven different governments on different occasions. He called himself “Napoleon of the West” because he thought he had been such a big impact on the governments. He had a funeral for his amputated leg and buried in Mexico City. His leg was also a trophy of one of the battles in the war. He showed the U.S. what chewing gum was.
In all this explains everything about the Texas Revolution and everything that happened during this time period. The Texas Revolution was a long period of time with many wars with Mexico over land. Texas revolted against Mexico because they did not agree with their government. Texas had major wins and losses with a lot of soldiers and generals. The Alamo was a major event during this time and now a huge tourist attraction now a day. This was a big event back then and it had a huge impact on us today. As you can tell the Texas Revolution has impacted us a lot
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Many factors led to the Texicans’ decision to declare their independence. The declaration was due to a lack of tolerance for religion, the repealing of the constitution of 1824, an unstable government with an unstable president, and the closure of the Mexican legislature, a congress of nine declared Texas independent from Mexico, followed by a formal declaration on March 2, 1836. After the declaration, General Samuel Houston was appointed commander-in-chief for the Texican government. Immediately after the declaration, hostilities between Mexico and Texas began. Santa Anna sent back up to Texas, but the Texicans fought them off with bows and spears (Mckeehan). Santa Anna’s first mistake was his decision to go to Texas with 10,000 men behind him with no intention of mercy.
Later they wanted to annex it but Mexico said that any attempts to annex Texas would be an act of war. The Mexican War started in 1846, when Mexicans attacked a group of United States soldiers, under the command of Zachary Taylor, in a disputed zone on the border of United States and Mexico, killing about a dozen American soldiers. President Polk told the U.S. Congress that the “cup of forbearance has been exhausted” which means the Mexicans hit the last straw and it is time for war. President Polk sent General Zachary Taylor to Nueces River vs. Rio Grande to poke the Mexicans to shoot and they did. The Mexicans have shed “American blood upon American soil.” The United States wanted war with Mexico now they have a reason to declare war ( History.com
Even throughout continuously losing battle after battle, Mexico thought that Texas was theirs. Still, the United States was still justified in going to war with Mexico. Mexico thought that they were at Texas first and that, that meant that they had the right to call the land theirs but Americans counteracted that they were positive that Texas was theirs and God even tells them that it is destiny to have Texas.
Flores is a Senior Associate Dean for Academic Affairs at the College of Liberal Arts and a Professor of Anthropology and Mexican American Studies at the University of Texas. Flores says that one of the reasons Texans wanted to gain its independence from Mexico was because of the government Santa Anna had. Texans and anyone going against Santa Anna wanted Mexico to go back to a federalist republic they did not want a centralist government. Stephen F. Austin proposed the idea of making Texas an independent Mexican state that had control of its own affairs to Santa Anna, but he refused the idea which then added on to the Texans desires to become independent. The tension grew between the Texans and the Mexican government when Santa Anna got rid of the Mexican Constitution of 1824. Flores states that saying the Battle of the Alamo was a battle between Texans and Mexicans is wrong. The “Texans” in fact were not truly Texans, only thirteen native-born Texans fought in the Battle of the Alamo (eleven of those were of Mexican descent), the rest were Europeans, Jews, African Americans, United States Americans and Mexicans. Flores discusses the severe effects of the Texas Modern on the Mexicans. He says that most Mexicans were unemployed, lived in poverty, and had little access to public institutions. He also says the Mexicans were maintained by
Sixteen are killed in the Mexican attack along the Rio Grande! In 1821, Mexico freed itself from Spain. Mexico is equal in size to the United States. The Mexican government wanted to increase population, so they invited Americans to settle in Texas. These settlers did not want to abide by Mexico’s rules and laws.
Just before Polk's presidency Texas had freed itself from Mexican rule and desired American annexation. This desire came from thousands of former American citizens that settled in Texas in the 1820s. This was due to the Mexican government supplying huge land grants to entice new settlers to Texas and secure its northern border from America. The Mexican government failed to realize the true impact that their persuasion of Americans for settlement would cause. In 1830, Mexico finally put a freeze on all American immigration due to the large number of American settlers and their certain revolution. In 1836, The Republic of Texas was est...
Texas is a unique place with a colorful history of legendary cowboys and tall tales. The state stretches over the middle section of the southern United States. Texas has experienced shifts in governmental control within the United States. French, Spanish, Mexican, and Confederacy, and all having once been in charge, not to mention the time Texas spent as an independent republic. Texas has had many battles and wars within its borders, resulting in seven different constitutions within a span of fifty years between each document.
From the early days of pioneers and settlers, thousands of Americans began to move into what would become Texas. The Mexican government was wanting to populate the Texas area to increase the economy. For a long period of time the Mexican government had placed many laws on the territory, but none that were deeply inforced. Finally when a new dictatorship came into power, they began to enforce the laws. Slavery among other issues
Texas is included in the United States right now; however, it was once a part of Mexico. In 1821, Mexico was granted independence from Spain. Then Mexico was founded on a federal system of government, which also means some states were given lots of autonomy to control themselves; and Texas was once one of them. In order to improve Texas’ local development and population, Mexico’s government started a settlement program to encourage more and more people to come to Texas. One of the reasons why people liked to move to Texas was because the settlement program allowed foreigners to purchase their own land for a small price only if they have been living in Texas for at least ten years. Also, they had to regard Catholicism as their only religious
In July 1845, a popularly-elected Constitutional Convention met in Austin to consider both this annexation proposal as well as a proposed peace treaty with Mexico which would end the state of war between the two nations, but only if Texas remained an independent country.
Well before the beginning of the Civil War, Texas and some. of its surrounding territories were property of Spain just like its southern neighbor, Mexico. Soon after realizing their particular suppression by Spain, Mexico fought for, and won. independence from its mother country. Mexico now had control of their country and the territory of Texas.
Its breakdown in Mexican Statehood was caused by Gnereal Santa Anna’s centralized all power in Mexico City and limited U.S. trade, and the Battle of the Alamo was the final nail in the coffin. Then Texas was called the Republic of the Rio Grande, and the capital was Laredo. It was a small country that only existed in 1840, but it was never officially recognized. The second constitution was the Republic of Texas in 1836 to 1845. It was an independent nation that nearly copied the US Document. Texas mandated homestead protections, establish wife and community property rights, and legalized slavery. The Republic of Texas breakdown caused by the US Statehood in 1845. After, the Republic of Texas became the State of Texas in 1845. This breakdown when economic tyranny by the north and slavery. 1861 - 1865, the Confederate State of Texas replaced US with Confederacy in the documents of 1845 and banned the freeing of slaves. It breakdown caused by the lose of Confederacy in Civil War. The history of how Texas got to the current constitution can be compare to the Mexico history. As Texas gained their independence from Mexico, Mexico gained their independence from Spain.
With Santa Anna moving to control Mexico, and taxes increasing, Texans grew restless and rowdy. A Texan, William B. Travis, and a small group of Texans attacked a squad of Mexican troops in Anahuac with the motive that “taxes should not thus be collected from them to support a standing army in their own country” (SOS 1) and soon drove them back. Travis retreated to San Felipe and was assisted by Bexar. Skirmishes and the threat of war with Mexico soon followed. Come 1835, the idea of independence was extremely popular within the territory of Texas.
In 1845 the U.S attempted to Annex Texas. Basically America wanted Texas to become one of the states rather then and independent nation by itself. At this time Texas was an independent nation that was not a part of America or Mexico. Mexico wanted to keep Texas neutral if not a part of its own country. When the U.S attempted to annex Texas Mexico became outraged, " In November 1843 Mexico had warned that if the United States should commit the 'unheard-of aggression' of seizing an integral part of 'Mexican territory' Mexico would declare war " (Bound for the Rio Grande, 62). Despite the warning the U.S attempted to annex Texas. In doing so Mexico retaliated by breaking off all diplomatic relations with the U.S. Mexico felt that the U.S was insulting them by not taking them seriously when they threatened with war. So at this point America showed a very large interest in possessing Texas. America was very close to actually acquiring Texas when they made their first mistake in the war.
So, basically, it was the Americans invading Mexican territory, and the Mexicans were just defending themselves from the invading settlers. The Mexicans were also angered by the annexation of Texas, which used to be a part of Mexican territory. The outcome of this war was that, Americans made huge land gains and got tons of raw resources which paved the road to its future power and prosperity. America gained almost all of the land it has now, except for Alaska and Hawaii. The raw resources made industrialization easier and the land increased agriculture, it also increased slaves, because there were more plantations, which needed more slaves.