University of Texas at El Paso ScholarWorks@UTEP Open Access Theses & Dissertations 2020-01-01 The Scramble for Texas: European Diplomacy and Imperial Contest in the Republic of Texas, 1835-1846 Penelope Lea Jacobus University of Texas at El Paso Follow this and additional works at: https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd Part of the History Commons, and the International Relations Commons Recommended Citation Jacobus, Penelope Lea, "The Scramble for Texas: European Diplomacy and Imperial Contest in the Republic of Texas, 1835-1846" (2020). Open Access Theses & Dissertations. 3071. https://scholarworks.utep.edu/open_etd/3071 This is brought to you for free and open access by ScholarWorks@UTEP. It has been accepted for inclusion in Open Access Theses & Dissertations by an authorized administrator of ScholarWorks@UTEP. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. THE SCRAMBLE FOR TEXAS: EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY AND IMPERIAL CONTEST IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, 1835-1846 PENELOPE LEA JACOBUS Doctoral Program in Borderlands History APPROVED: Paul Edison, Ph.D., Chair Brad J. Cartwright, Ph.D. Samuel Brunk, Ph.D. Brian Yothers, Ph.D. Stephen L. Crites, Jr., Ph.D. Dean of the Graduate School Copyright © by Penelope L. Jacobus 2020 Dedication This dissertation is dedicated to my parents, Petra and Dirk Jacobus, who have been a source of unwavering support. Through their encouragement, I have become the first person in my family to earn a Ph.D. THE SCRAMBLE FOR TEXAS: EUROPEAN DIPLOMACY AND IMPERIAL CONTEST IN THE REPUBLIC OF TEXAS, 1835-1846 by PENELOPE LEA JACOBUS, B.A., M.A. DISSERTATION Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of The University of Texas at El Paso in Partial Fulfillment of the Requirements for the Degree of DOCTOR OF PHILOSOPHY Department of History THE UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT EL PASO May 2020 Acknowledgements I would like to extend my gratitude to my advisor and dissertation chair, Dr.