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LONE STAR REBELLION
AP U.S 1
Greedy Americans
Eager for land, Americans wanted Texas
Spanish wanted to populate area, but Mexicans had won their independence
In 1823 a large chunk of land goes to Stephen Austin
He would bring into Texas 300 American families
They would be Roman Catholic and become Mexicanized
Stephen Austin
2 stipulations were ignored
30,000 by 1835
Most were law abiding, God-fearing people, but no all were
Davy Crockett, Jim Bowie, Sam Houston
Tough Pioneers
These people were not easy to push around
Friction rapidly increased between Texans and Mexicans over issues like slavery, immigration, local rights
Mexico emancipated its slaves in 1830
Texans wanted to keep their slaves
Seeds of Rebellion
When Stephen Austin went to Mexico City in 1833 to negotiate differences the dictator Santa Anna put him in jail for 8 months
In 1835 he wiped out all local rights and started to raise an army to suppress the Texans
1836 Texas declares independence, Long Star flag and name Sam Houston commander in chief
Santa Anna had about 6,000 men and he sent them in
Battle of the Alamo
Trapped about 200 Texans at Alamo in San Antonio
Killed every man after 13 days trying
Colonel W.B. Travis: “I shall never surrender not retreat… Victory or Death”
Slain heroes like Bowie and Crockett became legendary after their death
Scores of vengeful Americans seized their rifles and rushed to aid of relatives, friends and compatriots
Bowie Knife
Texas Revolution
Caught like a coward
When finally confronted and caught, Santa Anna was found cowering in tall grass near the battlefield, confronted with bowie knives he quickly signed 2 treaties
He agreed to withdraw Mexican troops and recognize Rio Grande as southwestern boundary of Texas
After he was released, he said the agreement was illegal
What to do now U.S?
Events put U.S gov. in a sticky situation
Texas wanted to join the Union, but issue of slavery halted proceedings
Antislavery crusaders in North were opposing annexation, didn’t want to add another slave state
Another Missouri Compromise? How to deal with this issue…
Texican culture
The “Old Three Hundred” were the original settlers in Texas
Mostly Scots- Irish southerners from the trans-Appalachian frontier they were cultured people
All but 4 were literate
Wide ranging horse patrols organized to attack Indian camps became the Texas Rangers
Clashes in culture
Texas lies along the border where Hispanic and Anglo-American cultures meet, mingle and clash
The Texas Revolution was partly a contest of those two cultures
Mainly though a contest on philosophy of government, liberal frontier ideals of freedom against conservative concept of centralized “control”