Republic of Texas

Firstname Lastname Instructor’s Name Course Number 14 September 2015 The Battle of the Alamo The Alamo is the name given to an eighteenth century mission located in modern days San Antonio, Texas. Originally designed as a roman-catholic mission, the Alamo also served as a fortified structure whose original purpose was to withstand attacks by native American tribes. In 1836, the Alamo became the battleground of one of the most symbolic freedom battles in US history: The Battle to the Alamo,…

Among the 23 articles, one recalled that, “The boundary line between the two Republics shall commence in the Gulf of Mexico, three leagues from the land, opposite the mouth of the Rio Grande […]”. This meant that Mexico agrees and recognizes the Rio Grande as The United States southern boundary, and not the Nueces River as disputed…

The Texas Revolutionary War is a war that is depicted by the American people to be a war that was fought and was justified to better the lives of the Texian and American people, making the Texian’s the “good guys” in the American point of view in this war. My beliefs is that the Mexican Government was only trying to defend their struggling government and land from being taken over by Anglo settlers from the United States that believed in slavery and also was against a Centralized Mexican…

personal life for most of it. The four major moments one should pay attention to when discussing Houston’s time of leadership, are his time governing Tennessee, leading an army during the war for Texas independence, his time running Texas and lastly, his time as a member of the Senate for the state of Texas. Houston made decisions based on what he feels is the best for his people in the long run. In 1827, Houston ran for and won Tennessee’s gubernatorial race against Newton Cannon. At this…

going to war with Mexico because Mexicans attacked US troops on Texas soil, they need to get more land for Manifest Destiny, and America needed to prove to Mexico that they did not steal Texas. The United States went to war with Mexico in 1846.the war took place on disputed land between US and Mexico. On January 4 1845, Texas votes in favor of their annexation, on March 4 1845, President James Polk takes office, and on December 29 1845, Texas joined the union. "Events Leading up…

To end the war between Mexico and the United States the treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo was established. Article X conducted that any territory that previously belonged to Mexico, now within the limits of the U.S. would be respected as valid, to the same extent of the land grants would be valid. Basically meaning that all land grants that had originally been made by the Mexican government would continue to be valid. It seemed as if the U.S. government could see that these lands that were continuing…

slave owner. Both of the pictures however, were extremely exaggerated in the attempt to influence the North and South. Our great state of Texas would cause the North the most of problems. “They were ready to fight on the accession of Texas, and are equally ready to fight now on their secession.” The United States was not ready nor willing to lose a state like Texas so they would go through anything to keep it. As far as any other state it was not at the top of the Union’s priority list.…

In 1820, Spain had opened up the territory of Texas to American colonization because it was unable to persuade its own citizens to settle the remote and fairly unpopulated land. The following year, however, Mexico gained independence from Spain. Mexico Continued Spain’s colonization plan after its independence in 1821. American colonization of Texas took place from 1821 until 1835. They were attracted here for three reasons; the first being cheap, inexpensive land. Undeveloped land in the…

political support for territorial expansion, or was it merely a description of events? For the next two decades, the professional politicians who managed the Second Party System avoided policies, such as the annexation of the slave holding Republic of Texas, that would prompt regional strife. This shows how the passion on the abolitionist side, struck fear into the opposing side, enough to avoid confrontation. During the 1840s, many citizens embraced an ideology of conquest that proclaimed…

Just 15 years after the Civil War, a small but detrimental act had changed everything. Both Mexico and the U.S. were both large in size, and had contested land separating them. Thousands of Mexicans and Americans died, but they were content and happy at first. It wasn’t a smart idea for them to mix since Mexico was Catholic and for anti-slavery, while the Americans were protestant and were pro-slavery. In 1846 the biggest dispute between Mexico and America happened, but the war wasn’t justified…