Chapter 13: Manifest Destiny Section 2: The Texas Revolution

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Chapter 13 Manifest DestinySection 2 The
Texas Revolution
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Today were going to look at Mexicans and
Americans

• And how one group especially the immigrants are
  causing all kinds of problems.
• No one wants these immigrants to be there they
  should go back home to their own country.
• They always break laws theyre all a bunch of
  criminals.
• They dont understand how to live in their new
  country.
• They take advantage of money and tax situations
  in their new country.

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Around 1800

• There was some Spanish land near the Louisiana
  Territory called Tejas.
• Parts of this land had great forests.
• Parts had great farmland.
• Parts had huge grazing land for cattle.
• There were some good rivers leading to the Gulf
  of Mexico.

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But not many Tejanos lived in Mexico (Spanish
people who lived in Mexico)

• Comanche, Apache, and other tribes fought against
  more Spanish people settling in Texas

• The Spanish wanted more Spanish settlers to move
  there to help fight the Native Americans and
  keep out Americans

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They just couldnt find any Spanish settlers who
would move there

• So they started letting some Americans come
  like Moses Austin and his son Stephen Austin.
• But in 1820 Mexico gained its Independence from
  Spain.
• Mexico wouldnt let them have this land for free
  like the Spanish did.

The 5th of May is not Mexican Independence Day,
but it should be!  And Cinco de Mayo is not an
American holiday, but it should be.  Mexico
declared its independence from mother Spain on
midnight, the 15th of September, 1810.  And it
took 11 years before the first Spanish soldiers
were told and forced to leave Mexico.
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The American settlers had to agree to live by
certain rules

• They had to become Mexican citizens.
• The had to become members of the Catholic Church.
• Stephen Austin even required that his settler
  families were moral, would work hard, and would
  not drink.

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But more and more Americans moved into Texas (The
Mexican Territory of Texas)

• It got to the point where Mexico said there were
  too many Americans immigrating to their land.
• Very few of these immigrants spoke the Mexican
  language and refused to learn.
• Mexicans thought the Americans were difficult to
  live with (they always wanted special treatment).
• Americans seemed unwilling to adapt to Mexican
  laws.

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The Mexican Government decided to crack down on
all these immigrants

• They tried to stop American immigration.
• The Mexicans made Texan settlers pay taxes for
  the first time.
• They sent more Mexican troops to Texas to enforce
  the new rules.

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Theres talk of a rebellion

• And eventually there is one between American
  settlers in Mexicos Texas and the Mexican
  government.
• There actually ends up being a war between the two

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One of the more famous places they fought

• At an old mission near where San Antonio is
  today.
• About 200 members of the Texas army fought
  against 2000 Mexican forces.
• They actually held them off during a 13 day siege
  (36), but eventually ran out of ammunition and
  supplies.
• The battle cry of this war became
• Remember the Alamo
• Surrounding and trying
• to capture something

The Alamo - San Antonio, TX
The Alamo Site, History, Pictures, News, More
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Another famous battle took place at San Jacinto

• In this battle half the Mexican army died in an
  18 minute span.
• Mexican General Santa Anna was forced to sign a
  peace treaty giving Texas its freedom, and its
  independence.

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Texas became The Lone Star Republic

• It was its own country (even though it kept
  asking the U.S. if it could be added as a new
  state.
• The U.S. kept saying no it would probably
  become a slave state.
• That would make one more slave than free states.
• Mexico would probably end up wanting to go to war
  with the United States and not just Texas.

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So its true aboutMexicans and Americans

• And how one group especially the immigrants are
  causing all kinds of problems.
• No one wants these immigrants to be there they
  should go back home to their own country.
• They always break laws theyre all a bunch of
  criminals.
• They dont understand how to live in their new
  country.
• They take advantage of money and tax situations
  in their new country.

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