Texas Independence
Published on Nov 20, 2015
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PRESENTATION OUTLINE
1830
- The Mexican government bans American immigration to Texas.
- The Mexican president was concerned that the Americans
- had too much influence on the Texans.
- Anastasio Bustamante banned American immigration but
- there were already tens of thousands of Americans living there.
1833
- The Mexican government rejects the Texas constitution.
- Texas wanted to become an independent state because of
- all of the Americans immigrating there.
- The Mexican president didn't want Texas to be independant
- and rejected the Texan constitution.
1835
- The first shots of the revolution are fired.
- The battle of Gonzales marks the beginning
- of the Texas revolution.
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1836
- Texans declare independence from Mexico.
- The Texas Declaration of Independence is
- ratified and Texas finally declares independence
- from Mexico.
Photo by Paul Robert Lloyd
1836
- The Texans lose the battle of the Alamo.
- The Texans eventually lost all of their ammunition
- and left the defenseless.
- Nearly none of them survived.
Photo by Travis S.
1836
- The treaties of Velasco are signed, officially giving
- Texas its independence.
- In the first 18 minutes of battle, half of the Mexican army
- is killed by the Texans, forcing Mexico to give Texas its
- independence.
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1836
- President of the Republic of Texas is named.
- Sam Houston was officially appointed as the first
- president of the Republic of Texas after Texas finally
- gained its independence from Mexico.
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1845
- Texas becomes part of the United States.
- Congress admitted Texas as a state, and was the first
- and only independent republic to join the union.
1846
- The Mexican American war begins.
- Mexico and America fought over a strip of land
- that both countries argued was theirs, but the battle ended
- with Mexico's defeat.
Photo by The National Guard
