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Unit 6
Early Statehood
Era of Early Statehood
What is the primary focus of
this era?
 Population Growth
Santa Fe Expedition
 A primary goal of the Santa Fe Expedition was to
establish a western boundary of Texas and to secure the
Republic of Texas's claims to parts of Northern New Mexico
for Texas in 1841. The expedition was unofficially initiated by
the then President of Texas, Mirabeau B. Lamar, in an
attempt to gain control over the lucrative Santa Fe Trail and
further develop the trade links between Texas and New
Mexico.
Reasons why Texas wanted to become a state?
Which one was the main one?
 The Republic of Texas financial problems (Debt)
 Lamar’s Navy
 Failure of the Redbacks
 Cost of fighting Mexico and the Indians
Why did it take so long for the
United States to annex Texas?
1836
 Became the Republic of Texas in ________(year)
1845
 Annexed in _________ (year)
 The expansion of slavery
 The primary reason was that the U.S. didn’t want a war
with Mexico.
US-Mexican War
 1846-1848
 Show Brain Pop on Mexican American War
Cornell Notes
 Who was president of the United States during the
annexation of Texas and the U.S.-Mexican War?
 Read page 376
 James Polk
 Why did he favor admitting Texas into the Union?
 Read page 374
M_______D______
Start of the U.S.-Mexican War
Polk (American President)
asked Congress for a
declaration of war, which was
issued on May 13, 1846
Causes of the U.S.-Mexican War
 Make a Bubble Chart
 The Mexican government refused to acknowledge
Texas as a new republic.
 However, the Mexican government could not take
military action because France, Great Britain, and
the United States did recognize Texas as an
independent country.
 Polk wanted to fix the southern boundary of Texas
at the Rio Grande but Mexico wanted it to be the
Nueces.
Disputed Territory
End of the U.S.-Mexican War
 The war ended on February 2, 1848, with the signing of
the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo. This treaty ceded to the
United States the land that now comprises the states of
California, Utah, and Nevada, as well as parts of Arizona,
New Mexico, Wyoming, and Colorado. Mexico also
renounced all rights to Texas.
 During the war 1,773 Americans were killed in action and
4,152 were wounded. Mexican casualty reports are
incomplete, but it’s estimated that approximately 25,000 were
killed or wounded between 1846-1848.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
 Ended the Mexican War
 Mexican Cession – The southwest is claimed by the
United States
 Mexico accepts Texas as part of the United States and the
United States paid 15 million dollars to Mexico.
 The Rio Grande River became the border between Mexico
and Texas.
Population Growth
 Migration of Americans to Texas
 Immigration of Europeans (Germans to the Hill Country)
 They, just like the early settlers of Texas, were attracted
by the cheap land and mild climate.
Dispute between Texas and New
Mexico
 With the signing of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, Texas
was given about half of present day New Mexico but New
Mexico had no interest in becoming part of Texas.
 Slavery was the reason some people opposed the Texans’
claim to lands in New Mexico.
 Some members of Congress wanted to end slavery,
some wanted it to spread, and other just wanted it
confined to states where it already existed.
Compromise of 1850
 In 1850, Congress set the western border of Texas where
it now exists. Texas received $10 million dollars in return for
giving up its claim to parts of New Mexico. This paid off the
debt of Texas.
 California entered the Union as a free state. It would not
permit slavery.
 The other new lands in the west would decide for themselves
whether to allow slavery or not.
 The areas of Texas that were home to the majority of the
state’s slaveholders were South and East Texas.
Do you think this was
the end to the slavery
issue in the United
States?