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Bell Ringer 4/23/14
• 1. Why did the U.S. want to gain Florida (two reasons)?
• 2. Why did President Monroe and the US government back up Andrew Jackson even though he disobeyed orders when he invaded Florida?
• If you weren't here yesterday get a packet from the front and read 15.3 to get the answers.
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Bell Ringer 4/25
• REFLECT ON THE ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION FROM YESTERDAY: • WHAT ARE SOME OF THE THINGS PEOPLE WERE
MOST UPSET ABOUT?
• WAS FLORIDA WORTH THE TROUBLE WE WENT THROUGH FOR IT?
• WHAT IS THE DIFFERENCE IN BEING TOUGH AND BEING A BULLY?
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Remember the Alamo
• https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7xVx1ozrB7c
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TexasLesson 9
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Texas
• Many Americans wanted Texas because the land was perfect for growing cotton – the South’s most valuable cash crop.
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Americans flood Texas
• When Mexico declared its independence from Spain,
• Texas belonged to Mexico.
• Mexico agreed to let American Stephen F. Austin start a colony in Texas, if he followed Mexico’s rule.
• This led to a rush of American settlers to Texas.
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Texas Closes
• Rising tensions between Americans in Texas and Tejanos (Texans of Mexican descent) eventually led to Mexico closing Texas to U.S. immigration.
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Texas Revolution
• Americans asked Mexico to reopen Texas to immigration and make it a separate Mexican state. This began the Texas Revolution.
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Annex Texas (Make it part of US)
• Southerners wanted to annex, or add to the country, Texas to add another slave state. Northerners did not want to add another slave state. Many people also feared annexing Texas would lead to war with Mexico.
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Admitted as a state
• After 10 years of debate, Congress finally voted to annex Texas and it was admitted to the country as the 28th state in 1845.
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Timeline• Complete an illustrate timeline of
events leading to Texas’ annexation to the United States.
• For each year on the timeline, write 1-2 sentences (no more than 2!) about the major event that occurred with Texas in that year..
• Next to the sentence, draw a symbol or image to represent that event (bonus points if it is neatly colored!).
Timeline must include:• the Alamo• General Santa
Anna • Immigration• Republic of
Texas • “Remember
the Alamo” • slavery• Stephen F.
Austin • Tejanos