Texas Independence and statehood

Spanish exploration and colonization efforts

Haciendas

Haciendas were Franciscan church communities whose purpose was to attract Native Americans for colonization, since they had the control of birth certificates in the area.

Presidios

Military forts for the Spanish

Usually located near Haciendas

Gift for peace systems with the Comanche

The Comanche was economically in control over Texas since the Spanish were never a feared majority when it comes to trade in the area.

Gift for peace meant the Comanche would accept Spain help with the Apache, and promise peace as long as girts were present.

Spain founded many successful permanent settlements such as San Antonio de Bexar, Nacogdoches, El Paso del Norte, and many more.

Motivation for colonization

Christianization

Protecting North America from French intervention

New Nation struggled to maintain order in the northern provinces

Texas suffered from low population

Mexican central government was too ineffective to control the northern population and enforce laws on the state

Mexico angered Tejanos by refusing to make the Texas into a state

Mexico was flexible by allowing religious freedom

In both Mexico and New Spain, Texas and the rest of the northern territory was always considered as a periphery

System of empresarios

Were given money and political power over a region if they could settle more than 260 families into an area.

A famous empresario was Stephen F. Austin

Austin managed to become a successful empresario and is considered the father of Texas

Although Mexico allowed immigrants to settle Texas initially, new waves of Anglo and European immigrants started to outnumber the local Catholics and ignored Mexican laws.

Texas started to leave ranching behind and becoming part of the cotton business empire

New Texan resident started to dislike the idea of Mexico ban of slavery in Texas

This meant that cotton could not bring profit in Texas anymore if slavery is banned

Texas started to become culturally more American with each wave of immigrants

The battle of Guadalupe was known as the Texan Lexington

Battle erupted over Mexico attempting to take a canon back after lending it to the American immigrants for protection against Apache

The American immigrants fired the canon at Mexican army

Much like the American independence, the lack of representation in the central government, and their own manifest destiny agenda, Texas became independent in March 2 1836.

Mexico always considered Texas as a rogue state during its entire existence.

Due to being culturally similar to the United States, and the fact that America desired Texas, it annexed Texas in December of 1845

The U.S. was wary of Mexico reaction to the U.S. annexing Texas