Friday Oct. 30 Flashcards
(15 cards)
The Mexican War
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Painting: American Progress
Shows Manifest Destiny
Mainfest Destiny
- God ordained to move west
- can’t wait
-relate: When Aztecs empire falling down
explaining world around them.
Two Conflicts: Texas revolution and Mexican War
Two views of conflicts:
Anglo Texans rights challenged by Mexican government ; right to rebel
Anglo went into Mexican territory; took land away form Mexico and couldn’t do anything about it
Political strides in U.S. and Mexico
Sizable portions that is wrong to take land away from natives
Empressarios settle Texas
Stephen Austin
- land grants
- Father was Moses
- settle large areas of today texas?
- Mexico lets them
- Austin brings in Anglo American (Empressarios)
Issue for Anglo Settlers
Religion: convert to catholicism
- Force? NO
- Practice whatever or nothing
Slavery:
- Mexico did not abolish slavery
- but abolish importation of slaves
- people would say they were indentured servants for life
Fredonian Rebellion (1826 small)
Brothers (Edwards)
- move to land track, people living there
- Mexico court; favor in Mexican settlers
- Brothers revolt, rally Texas against Mexican government
- People did not help them
- Austin had volunteers to stop them
- offers money for land
- not loyal to Mexico
Law of April 6, 1830
Attempt control, regain control
- Start raising alarm for anglos=anger them
- No importation of slaves
- Military garrison soldiers are put in places of Texas area
Mexican Revolutionary Politics
- Centralists and Federalists (Mexico)
- Conflicting view of where country should go
- Constitution of 1824
- similar to American; very liberal
- Centralists seize power from Federalist (Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna) 1832 takes power
- He switches sides and disregards government to be a dictator
- those support constitution of 1824, go rebel against Santa Anna
- People in Texas and Northern part of Mexico go against Santa Anna
Texas Revolution 1835-1836
Texas stands by constitution of 1824
- type of government they wanted.
- takes army and destroys rebellion
- Texas Left
- March 2, 1836; Texas declares independence (Sam Houston as commander)
History Buffs v. Historians
Buff -smaller facts (battles, reenactments) -living like the time period -excellent connectors of populus Historians -wide vocabulary;hard to understand get tenured; popular history
Alamo (2004) film
film did good
box office failure (no love story)
Controversy: Crockett surrendered; Texans don’t surrender
Alamo facts: not built for artillery fire, well defended by cannons
Back to Texas Revolution
Martin Perfecto de Cos meets with Santa Anna
- Anna marches north
- set to take out Alamo
- personal
James Bowie
- national hero
- Bowie knife
- during a fight, on ground stabs someone with the knife
- everyone wants one
- land speculator
William B Travis
-lots of debt= go to Texas (start over)
David Crockett
- Tennessee Congressman; backwood
- squatters rights
- national hero
- join volunteer at Alamo
