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-bought from spain
- adoms onis treaty for 5 million |
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-spain gave land to mosses austin thean he passed it on to his son austin
-they are aloud to take 300 families to live here
-but to live their you have to give up U.S. citizen ship and become mexican
-speak spanish
- practice catholicism
-obey mixican laws
-by 1830 had 20,000 americans in austin land grant
-mehicans worried about being out #'erd and scared the U.S.ians wanted to become part of U.S. again |
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| probs. with americans in texas |
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they became lax on the laws
ex. were protistant didn't speak spanish and disobayed laws |
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said you had to be catholic
renacted taxes
and said slavery is illegal |
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oct 1833 -Gonzolas texas won
dec 1833 san antonio texas won
feb/march 1834 san antonio ALMO texas lost(but greatly out numbered and held them off for 12 so they were inspired and med.) |
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| dictator/general of mexico, exiled to cuba after san jicinto, back from cuba to lead mexico in 1844 against U.S. |
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| led by sam houstin, the war cry was remember the alamo, battle 18 min long, captured santa anna, forced him to sign treaty giving texas independence, mexicans mad, Santa anna exhiled to cuba |
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| new Pres. of texas, Uses U.S. constitution for new gov, |
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| issues over annexing texas |
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| south wanted it b/c it would be another slave state, north didn't want it b/c of the same reason, president jackson didn't want it b/c he didn't want war w/ mexico |
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| missouri comprimise of 1820 |
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| astablishes line at 36° 30′, south of line slave state north free state,missoury outliar b/c it is north of line but slave state, |
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sam houstin signed treaty of annexation with U.S.
in Dec. of 1844 us omitted into U.S. |
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1844 believed in Manifest destiny(that U.S. should spread all over continent,
asked congress to declare war on mexico |
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| sent to rio grande to establish border between U.S. and mexico |
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| treaty of Gudilopa- Hildago (1848) |
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originally explored by lewis and clark, claimed by u.s. britian, spain, russia,
1843 taken into U.S.
1844 polk elected preident
1846 treaty signed
3 states came out of it washington, idaho, organ |
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| went along platte R. for a wile, goes through idaho, on snake river |
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| purchased from russia, bought for 7.2 million 2 cents an acre, People called it sewards folly or sewards icebox |
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queen of Hawii
anti american living in hawii
1893 americans over her |
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