Annexation & Conflict TEXAS HISTORY CHAPTER 15-16 1. Manifest Destiny Manifest Destiny is the belief that the U.S. would expand from coast to coast. 2. Annexation • Texas became a Republic through Revolution • Texas became a State through Annexation. 3. Joint Resolution President John Tyler requested the Congress pass the joint resolution for Texas annexation. 4. Joint Resolution The 1845 Joint Under the Joint Resolution pleased Resolution, Texas most Texans because could enter the Union it made Texas the after it approved 28th U.S. state. annexation and adopted a state constitution. 5. Joint Resolution Through the Joint Resolution, Texas had to give all its military supplies to the U.S. Also, the U.S. would pay the Republic’s large public debt. 6.Texas is Annexed to U.S. Most Texans wanted to be annexed to the U.S. because: • Most were from the U.S. • Texas and U.S. had strong business ties • The U.S. promised to provide military protection and postal service. 7.Texas is Annexed to U.S. Northerners were unhappy about Texas’ annexation because Texas wanted to retain slavery. The North did not want to add another slave state to the Union. 8.Convention of 1845 In 1845, Texas was annexed by the U.S. The goal of the Convention of 1845 was to create a new state government. The state government would have 3 branches: Executive, Judicial, Legislative. 9.War Threatens The primary reason the U.S. did not want to annex Texas in 1837 was because annexation would likely start a war with Mexico. 10.War Begins In 1845, many Mexicans were unhappy about the annexation of Texas by the United States. 11.War Begins • The root cause of the war was that Mexico and the U.S. could not agree on the Texas-Mexico border. • The U.S. claimed the border between Texas and Mexico was the Rio Grande. 12.Compromise of 1850 The goal of the U.S. Compromise of 1850 was to resolve the border conflict and the issue of slavery in Texas and New Mexico. 13.U.S.- Mexican War The war was sparked by the President’s decision to send General Zachary Taylor and thousands of soldiers to Texas to protect the new state from attack. 14.U.S.-Mexican War • General Scott’s strategy for winning the war involved capturing Veracruz and marching inland to Mexico City. • Most U.S. soldiers died of disease, rather than in battle. 15.Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • The Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo ended the U.S.-Mexican War. • The war ended with the boundary dispute being settled. The Rio Grande became the official border. 16.Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo Terms of the Treaty included: • Mexico recognized Texas as part of the U.S. • Mexico gave up all claim to territory between Nueces and Rio Grande Rivers • Mexico ceded 529,000 square miles of territory 17.Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo The Mexican Cession was the territory ceded by Mexico to the United States after the war. 18.Results of U.S.-Mexican War • Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo • Compromise of 1850 • Population growth into Texas 19.Texas Population Grows The African American population of Texas grew enormously in the 1850s because many farmers from the U.S. were moving to Texas with their slaves. 20.Texas Rangers The federal government paid the Texas Rangers to guard the Texas frontier. 21.Texas Rangers Form Some famous Texas Rangers were John “Rip” Ford, John Coffee Hays, and Ben McCulloch. Study for Your Test!.