The Texas government attempted to collect taxes on imported goods, property, and livestock to reduce the public debt.

A group of Tejanos, with help from Mexico, joined with Native Americans to fight against the Texas Republic.

President Houston attempted to move the government’s archives out of Austin if the city came under attack.

The Texas Rangers held a group of Comanche negotiators hostage until they agreed to release their white captives.

voters in Nevada decided whether to allow slavery in their state.

all the territories of the Mexican Cession were admitted as free states.

For $10 million, Texas gave up it's claim to New Mexico.

lands bought from France through the Louisiana Purchase became part of Texas.

the United States annexed Texas.

Texas declared its independence from Mexico.

Texas seceded from the Union.

Mexico achieved its independence from Spain

Spain discovered Texas, and claimed the land for their country.

William Goyens

Norris Wright Cuney

Joshua Houston

Frederick Douglass

Chief Stand Watie

William Goyens

Chief Sitting Bull

Chief Philip Bowles

Chief John Jolly

They knew many Texans were against annexation.

They did not want to pay the debts that Texas owed from the war.

Northern states did not want to upset the balance between free states and slaves states by annexing Texas.

They feared war with Native Americans, if they annexed territory that was controlled by Native American tribes.

Revolutionary Texas

Events of the Republic of Texas

Anglo Colonization

Spanish Colonial

the government had few sources of revenue and printed too much paper money.

its trade with Mexico was stopped after Texas achieved independence.

the United States boycotted goods from Texas to avoid war with Mexico.

the government refused to pay retired soldiers for their former service.

Sam Houston

David G. Burnet

Anson Jones

Mirabeau B. Lamar

Stephen F. Austin

The Mexican government demanded the return of Texas to Mexico.

The Mexican government protested the treatment of Mexican citizens in Texas.

There was an argument over the location of the boundary between Texas and Mexico.

The Mexican government wanted to exercise control over the government of Texas.

Mexico wanted to fullfill it's Manifest Destiny.