Mexican War & Texas Revolution

Notes & Review

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be

Manifest Destiny

• pg 316 Picture & Quote

• Discuss

• “Why did the idea of manifest destiny appeal to some Americans?”

• Discuss

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be

Texas

• Who were the “Tejanos”?

• Who were the “Empresarios”?

• Why did U.S. citizens settle in Texas?

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be

Texas

• Who was Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna?

• Who was Sam Houston?

• Describe The Alamo and The Battle of San Jacinto

• “What events led to the Texas Rebellion?”

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be

War With Mexico

• James Polk - elected President in 1844.

• Pro-Annexation

• Believed American citizens wanted Annexation of Texas

• 1845 - Texas becomes State

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be

Ethan Allen Hitchcock

• Discuss Ethan Allen Hitchcock’s Diary Entry

• Zachary Taylor was sent to the Rio Grande to do what?

• Where was the boarder between Mexico and Texas?

• How did Col. Hitchcock view the Texans’ “claim” of land to the Rio Grande?

• Does Hitchcock think Taylor respected the Mexicans?

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be

Ethan Allen Hitchcock

• How did Hitchcock view the “character” of the American people & government?

• Why does Hitchcock think the U.S. sent a small army to Texas?

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be

Mexican Americans

• U.S. gained roughly 80,000 Mexican citizens

• U.S. took their lands

• Americans looked down upon Mexican American culture (Spanish & Native mix)

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be

Dispatch on the Texas Colonists

How did Miguel Barragan view the attitudes of the Texas Colonists? Why?

How did the Mexicans treat the Texas Colonists?

How did the Colonists treat the Mexican people?

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be

Life in the Texas Republic

• Was life good for immigrants in Texas?

• How did American’s treat the native Mexicans in Texas?

Patrick Sheehy Thursday, June 3, 2010 5:31:45 PM ET 00:23:df:aa:a2:be