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Annexation & Conflict
TEXAS HISTORY CHAPTER 15-16
1.
Manifest Destiny
Manifest Destiny is
the belief that the
U.S. would expand
from coast to coast.
2.
Annexation
• Texas became a
Republic through
Revolution
• Texas became a
State through
Annexation.
3.
Joint Resolution
President John Tyler
requested the
Congress pass the
joint resolution for
Texas annexation.
4.
Joint Resolution
The 1845 Joint
Resolution pleased
most Texans because
it made Texas the
28th U.S. state.
Under the Joint
Resolution, Texas
could enter the Union
after it approved
annexation and
adopted a state
constitution.
5.
Joint Resolution
Through the Joint
Resolution, Texas had
to give all its military
supplies to the U.S.
Also, the U.S. would
pay the Republic’s
large public debt.
6.
Texas is Annexed to U.S.
Most Texans wanted to be
annexed to the U.S.
because:
• Most were from the U.S.
• Texas and U.S. had strong
business ties
• The U.S. promised to
provide military
protection and postal
service.
7.
Texas is Annexed to U.S.
Northerners were
unhappy about Texas’
annexation because
Texas wanted to retain
slavery. The North did
not want to add
another slave state to
the Union.
8.
Convention of 1845
In 1845, Texas was
annexed by the U.S.
The goal of the
Convention of 1845 was
to create a new state
government.
The state government
would have 3 branches:
Executive, Judicial,
Legislative.
9.
War Threatens
The primary reason the
U.S. did not want to
annex Texas in 1837 was
because annexation
would likely start a war
with Mexico.
10.
War Begins
In 1845, many
Mexicans were
unhappy about the
annexation of Texas
by the United States.
11.
War Begins
• The root cause of the
war was that Mexico and
the U.S. could not agree
on the Texas-Mexico
border.
• The U.S. claimed the
border between Texas
and Mexico was the Rio
Grande.
12.
Compromise of 1850
The goal of the U.S.
Compromise of 1850 was
to resolve the border
conflict and the issue of
slavery in Texas and New
Mexico.
13.
U.S.- Mexican War
The war was sparked by
the President’s decision
to send General Zachary
Taylor and thousands of
soldiers to Texas to
protect the new state
from attack.
14.
U.S.-Mexican War
• General Scott’s strategy for
winning the war involved
capturing Veracruz and
marching inland to Mexico
City.
• Most U.S. soldiers died of
disease, rather than in
battle.
15.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
• The Treaty of
Guadalupe Hidalgo
ended the U.S.-Mexican
War.
• The war ended with the
boundary dispute being
settled. The Rio Grande
became the official
border.
16.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Terms of the Treaty included:
• Mexico recognized Texas as
part of the U.S.
• Mexico gave up all claim to
territory between Nueces
and Rio Grande Rivers
• Mexico ceded 529,000
square miles of territory
17.
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
The Mexican Cession
was the territory
ceded by Mexico to
the United States
after the war.
Results of U.S.-Mexican War
18.
• Treaty of Guadalupe
Hidalgo
• Compromise of 1850
• Population growth
into Texas
19.
Texas Population Grows
The African American
population of Texas
grew enormously in the
1850s because many
farmers from the U.S.
were moving to Texas
with their slaves.
20.
Texas Rangers
The federal
government paid the
Texas Rangers to guard
the Texas frontier.
21.
Texas Rangers Form
Some famous Texas
Rangers were John
“Rip” Ford, John
Coffee Hays, and Ben
McCulloch.
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