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Chapter 14: Texas Faces Foreign Challenges Section 2: Conflict with Mexico

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Chapter 14: Texas Faces Foreign Challenges

Section 2: Conflict with Mexico

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Thinking QuestionImagine you are the

leader of Mexico, what are some policies you might have towards Texas following the Texas Revolution?

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Santa Fe Expedition• Texas claimed

Rio Grande as southern border

• Mexico contested this claim

• Lamar wanted to expand trade and Texas influence

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Santa Fe Expedition• June 1841: Lamar sends 320

people to Santa Fe • Santa Fe expedition sent to

expand Texas control in the West

•Hugh McLeod—leader of the Santa Fe expedition

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Santa Fe Expedition•Experienced hardships: Indian

attacks and ran low on food and water

•Wagons got stuck near Caprock

•Divides soldiers

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Santa Fe Expedition•Oct 1841: Captured by

Mexican forces

•Marched 1200 miles to Mexico City

•Imprisoned until following April

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Santa Fe Expedition•Jose Navarro

sentenced to death

•Later escaped•60 Texans

diedJose Antonio Navarro

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The Texas Navy• Sept 1841: Lamar

sends Navy to Yucatan coast

• Rebels agreed to pay $8000/month for use of Texas Navy Texas Navy Flag

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The Texas Navy•Lamar used the Texas Navy to

pressure Mexico for recognition•1841: Sam Houston becomes

president and orders navy home

•Houston tries to sell the navy

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The Archives War• Mexican leaders upset with actions

of the Lamar administration

• 1842: General Ráfael Vásquez enters Texas

• Attacks San Antonio, Goliad, Refugio, & Victoria

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The Archives War•Texans panic & fear an attack on Austin

•Houston orders archives be removed

•Austin residents oppose move

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The Archives War•Archives War—

struggle over attempt to move government record from Austin to Houston in 1842

Depiction of Archives War

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The Archives War•Angelina Eberly—leader in the Archives War Angelina Eberly statue in

Austin

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The Archives War•Sept 1824: Mexico invades

Texas again•Adrián Woll—Mexican general

who captured San Antonio in September 1842

•Texans forced Woll to retreat

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The Mier Expedition•Texans angry about attacks•Alexander Somervell—

general sent by Houston to pursue General Woll

•Recapture soldiers taken by General Woll

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The Mier Expedition•Reach Rio Grande

•Realizes he does not have enough supplies or soldiers

•Orders troops home

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The Mier Expedition• 300 of 750 soldiers disobey and

decide to invade Mexico•Mier expedition—an invasion of

Mexico by rebellious Texas troops in 1842

• Dec 23, 1842: Texans enter Mier and demand supplies

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The Mier Expedition•Supplies do not arrive

•Texans storm town

•900 Mexican soldiers waiting for them

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The Mier Expedition•100 Mexicans, 30 Texans killed

•Texans surrender

•Mexican commander ignores order to execute prisoners

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The Mier Expedition• Prisoners

marched to Mexico City

• Santa Anna orders every 10th prisoner shot

• Prisoners draw beansDrawing Beans

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The Mier Expedition• Black bean =

death (blindfolded & shot)

• White Bean = no punishment

• September 1844: last of the prisoners released Execution of Mier

Expedition participants

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The Mier Expedition• Britain & France

worked to restore peace between Texas & Mexico

• An independent Texas would slow U.S. expansion

British Flag

French Flag

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• Spring 1845: British presents Mexican government with a document recognizing Texas independence

• Texas agrees not to be annexed

• Agreement only preliminary

The Mier Expedition

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The Mier Expedition•Mexico agreed to proposal

•Wished to prevent U.S. expansion

•Texans have a choice

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Texas Mexico