Settling Texas
- The new country emerged essentially bankrupt from the war against Spain.
- Mexico encouraged settlers to create their own militias for protection against hostile Indian tribes.
- Texas was very sparsely populated and in the hope that an influx of settlers could control the Indian raids, the government liberalized immigration policies for the religion.
- The First group of colonists, known as the Old Three Hundred, had arrived in 1822 to settle an empresarial (business) grant that had been given to Stephen F. Austin.
- The Mexican-born settlers in Texas were soon vastly outnumbered by people born in the United States.
- This scared the Mexican government.
- Reasons for America settling Texas
- Cheap land for Americans.
- New frontier
- A weak country, doubted too many laws because they wanted the settlers there for protection from the hostile.
- The property tax law, intended to exempt immigrants from paying tezses for ten years, was overturned, and tariffs were increased on goods shipped from the United States.
- Texas settlers had to comply with the federal prohibition against slavery or face military intervention.
- The Texan settlers didn’t comply and a few years later, they outnumbered the Mexicans 4:1 and had almost as many slaves as they did people.
- The two major conflicts
- The Battle of the Alamo
- Texans lost
- All Texans died
- Lasted 13 days
- Famous people there: Travis, Crockett, Bowie, Austin, Santa Anna
- The Battle of the Alamo
- The Battle of San Jacinto
- Texans won
- 18 min. battle
- Sneak attack, caught them sleeping
- Famous people: Santa Anna and Sam Houston
- Know Key Players in Depth
- Republic of Texas
- Results of Texas Revolution
- Republic of Texas 1836-1845
- Mexico will try to regain Texas but fails
- Texas Revolution Summary
- The Texas Revolution, also known as the Texas War of Independence, was the military conflict between the government of Mexico and Texas colonists that began October 2, 1835.
- Resulted in the establishment of the Republic of Texas after the final battle on April 21, 1836.
- Conflicts between the two nations continued into the 1840’s, finally being resolved with the Mexican-American War of 1846 – 1848 after the annexation of Texas to the U.S.
- Which person do you feel was more important in Texas gaining its independence?
- Results of Texas Revolution
Rhiana Chickering
Both the American Revolution and the Mexican Revolution had a goal to gain independence from their mother country. Mexico and America did not like the government of their mother countries. Therefore, both America and Mexico wanted to govern themselves. America revolted against its colonial power, Great Britain. Mexico revolted against its mother country, Spain. Both countries fought many battles in order to gain their independence. After fighting many battles, both America and Mexico won independence from their mother countries.
I think that Stephen Austin was the most important key player in Texas gaining its independence. He was known as the “father of Texas”. Austin, Texas was named after Stephen Austin because of his efforts in the Texas Revolution. He and his men made General Martin Perfecto de Cos, a Mexican general, to surrender. He spoke words of encouragement to the soldiers fighting in the Texas Revolution. Stephen Austin put all of his effort into Texas gaining its independence from Mexico.
Stephen Austin also established the first Anglo-American colony in Mexico, which later became part of the Texas Republic in the United States. After Texas was incorporated into The United States, Sam Houston appointed Stephen Austin 1st Secretary of State. Therefore, even after the Texas Revolution ended, Stephen Austin continued to help and contribute to Texas. He devoted much of his life in the attempts and successes of bettering Texas. Stephen Austin is known as the “Father of Texas” because he devoted so much of his life into improving the lives of the people of Texas. Therefore, I believe that Stephen Austin was the most important key player in the Texas Revolution.
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