Key People
Antonio López de Santa Anna: Mexican Dictator and leader of the Mexican army.
James K. Polk: Eleventh President, Democrat from Kentucky, Helped US gain Oregon from Britain and California from Mexico.
Zachary Taylor: 12th US president, Mexican War Hero that crossed Rio Grande, one how "initiated " war
General Winfield Scott: Mexican War Hero, Led campaign to Mexico City forcing Mexico to surrender
Nicholas P. Trist: American Diplomat, Negotiated Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Stephen F. Austin: First President of Texas, Brought most Americans into present-day Texas
Sam Houston: Leads Soldiers to San Jacinto, Captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
James K. Polk: Eleventh President, Democrat from Kentucky, Helped US gain Oregon from Britain and California from Mexico.
Zachary Taylor: 12th US president, Mexican War Hero that crossed Rio Grande, one how "initiated " war
General Winfield Scott: Mexican War Hero, Led campaign to Mexico City forcing Mexico to surrender
Nicholas P. Trist: American Diplomat, Negotiated Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Stephen F. Austin: First President of Texas, Brought most Americans into present-day Texas
Sam Houston: Leads Soldiers to San Jacinto, Captured Santa Anna and forced him to sign Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
Why Mexicans Allowed Americans to Texas and Restrictions
* Needed Money
* Offer land cheap
* Able to tax them
* Economic prosperity off them
* Restrictions
* No slavery
*Become Catholic
* Steve Austin hates most of laws
* Brought most people to Present-day Texas
* Offer land cheap
* Able to tax them
* Economic prosperity off them
* Restrictions
* No slavery
*Become Catholic
* Steve Austin hates most of laws
* Brought most people to Present-day Texas
Before and During War
* Started by provocation by Polk at Rio Grande
* Mexicans start gunfire
* Polk says need war because Mexicans start war
* Lincoln spot resolutions - where exactly started
* Battle of Alamo
* Texas defeated
* People shouted, "Remember the Alamo"
* Sam Houston leads Santa Anna and soon surrounds him
* Makes Santa Anna sign Treaty of Velasco - 1836
* Texas independent and ask US to be annex
* Mexicans start gunfire
* Polk says need war because Mexicans start war
* Lincoln spot resolutions - where exactly started
* Battle of Alamo
* Texas defeated
* People shouted, "Remember the Alamo"
* Sam Houston leads Santa Anna and soon surrounds him
* Makes Santa Anna sign Treaty of Velasco - 1836
* Texas independent and ask US to be annex
Impact of War
*Gained land from California to Texas
*Increased size of US by 33%
*Mexicans lost half their land
*Increased Sectionalism
*Raised Question of how new territories will be divided up
*Raised issue over slavery
*Wilmot Proviso
* Not passed BUT symbol of burning issue over slavery
* Prepared military and soldiers for Civil War
* Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
*Increased size of US by 33%
*Mexicans lost half their land
*Increased Sectionalism
*Raised Question of how new territories will be divided up
*Raised issue over slavery
*Wilmot Proviso
* Not passed BUT symbol of burning issue over slavery
* Prepared military and soldiers for Civil War
* Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee
Place in History
America's drive westward was fueled by Manifest Destiny. Mexico had allowed Americans into present day Texas, controlled by Mexico at the time, to raise revenue for the government. Eventually Texans were fed up with Mexican policies and rebelled, seceding from Mexico, and eventually asking to be annexed into the US.
Cause leading to Civil War
With the conclusion of the Mexican war, the US gained the territory between and including Texas and California. This territory would lay down the dispute over whether this land should be slave or free territory. Henry Clay would propose the Compromise of 1850 which would make California a free state and the rest of the land received from Mexican War open to popular sovereignty. This increased sectionalism over what would happen to the rest of the territories, further dividing both sides of the US.
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