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Texas wins it Independence from
Mexico in 1836
The U.S will not
annex Texas because
it fears a war with
Mexico in 1837
Popular sovereignty means that the power of
the people is exercised by their right to vote
to elect itʼs officials
The Mexico War started with a
boundary dispute and ended with
the Rio Grande River
as the boundary between Texas and
Mexico 1846
The Compromise of 1850 addressed
* the issue of slavery in the new territory
* the border between Texas and New
Mexico
* and Texas was paid 10 million
From 1836-1845 was known as the
years of the Republic of Texas
James K. Polk (1844)
is elected President of the U.S., he believed
in Manifest Destiny
;however, many northern states still did
not want to annex Texas because of the
fear of the spread of slavery
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Sam Houston
captured Santa Anna at the Battle of
San Jacinto to end the
Texas Revolution in 1836
Anson Jones is the last President of the
Republic of Texas 1845
Texas is annexed
into the United States.1845
federalism means that the government power
is divided between a central or (federal) government
and the separate states government
The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
ended the Mexican
and gave the U.S.
the land called Mexican Cession