The Republic of Texas and Statehood

Copy on the first page in the 3rd section of the notebook

• Conceptual Question:

How can conflict create change?

• Debatable Question:

Is growth and change through expansion positive or negative?

Copy the Vocabulary in the designated section in your notebook

• Republic – government in which the power rests in its citizens who vote for representatives

• Annexation – something being added or attached to something, like territory

Review

• Texans win the Battle of San Jacinto and the Revolution on April 21, 1836

• Santa Anna signs the Treaty of Velasco on May 14, 1836

• Texas becomes its own country…

The Republic of Texas!

From this…

To this…

To this…

1st President

• Sam Houston is elected in a landslide

• 1st term 1836 - 1838• Makes Houston the

first capital • Elected again as the

third president (1841-1844)

2nd President

• Mirabeau Lamar is elected because Houston cannot serve back to back terms

• Served 1838 - 1841• Moves capital to

Austin

3rd President (4th term)

• Anson Jones• Presided over

Annexation

The Republic of Texas 1836-1845

Problems: Unrest in the army Debt (No money) Native American raids Border Debates Troubles with Mexico Education Getting independence recognized from other

countriesWhat conclusion can you draw from this list

of problems?

Their Policies

Houston

• Pro-Annexation• Compromise with

Natives• Little Military • Try to borrow Money• Capital in Houston• Future Governor

Lamar

• Remain a Country• Remove the Natives• Increase Military• Increase paper

currency• Capital in Austin• Father of Education

Protection

• Texans faced conflicts with Natives in the West and Mexicans along the border

• Stephen Austin created the Texas Rangers, but they grew during the Republic

• Jack Coffee Hays the most famous Ranger

• Lamar believed the Texans

needed a Navy, their commander

was Edwin Moore.

Statehood 1845-present

Texas is annexed (added) to the U.S. in 1845 as the 28th state

Texas becomes the only state in the union to have once been a country