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Land Grants
Land Grant -offered by mexico to agents
-agents attracted american settlers who bought cheap land in return for a pledge to obey mexican laws and observe official religion of roman catholicism
-produced new inventions and manufactured goods fed americans urge to remove any barrier to settlement of west
-before 1870s lived as naturalized mexican citizens -
Texas's Old Three Hundred
Group of people that recieved 297 land grants. It was given to them by Stephen F. Austin. -
Stephen F. Austin
led the first of several groups of american settlers to a fertile area along brazar river, his plans didn't work out well, he was a mexican prisoner, new homeland in an uproar, conflict with texas and mexico would soon escalate into bloody struggle -
Mexico's effort to seal borders and raise taxes on imports
Mexicans tried their hardest to stop the U.S from getting into their land ,but that attempt failed badly. They also tried to raise taxes on imports and it didn't work either. -
Goliad
Goliad is a city in the Goliad County, Texas, United States. It was founded on the San Antonio River. It was founded on october 10th, 1835. -
Battle of the Alamo.
In the early stages of Texas' war for independence from Mexico, a group of Texan (or Texian) volunteers led by George Collinsworth and Benjamin Milam overwhelmed the Mexican garrison at the Alamo and captured the fort, seizing control of San Antonio. -
The Texas Revolution
american settlers in texas had to agree to certain conditions in exchange for receiving land:
they had to surrender their american citizenship
swear allegiance to mexico
adopt the roman catholic religion
hold the land for seven yrs -
Houston become President
On April 21, 1836, Houston and his men defeated Mexican General Antonio López de Santa Anna at San Jacinto to secure Texan independence. He was voted president in 1836 and again in 1841, then served as a senator after Texas became a state in 1845. -
Battle Of San Jacinto
It was fought in present-day Harris County, Texas, was the decisive battle of the Texas Revolution. Led by General Sam Houston, the Texian Army engaged and defeated General Antonio López de Santa Anna's Mexican army in a fight that lasted just 18 minutes. -
Texas Joins the Union
Texas makes the idea of Manifest Destiny complete. Without Texas the U.S. would never have their hope of Manifest Destiny. This was a big gain for the U.S.
