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PowerPoint™ Presentation Chapter 4

Launching a Nation, 1836-1848

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Learning Outcomes (4)

• understand the political & social process of creating a nation

• think about the Social, Economic, & Diplomatic challenges facing Texas

• be able to chronicle events leading to the Mexican War

• anticipate the implications of the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

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Chapter 4

Launching a Nation, 1836-1848• The New NationThe New Nation

• ChallengesChallenges– FinancesFinances– IndiansIndians– InfrasturctureInfrasturcture

• Governing the RepublicGoverning the Republic

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Politics in Republican Texas

• RepublicanismRepublicanism– The politics of cautionThe politics of caution

• Diplomatic recognitionDiplomatic recognition• Fiscal issuesFiscal issues

– The politics of actionThe politics of action• Mirabeau B. LamarMirabeau B. Lamar• The Santa Fe ExpeditionThe Santa Fe Expedition• EducationEducation

– RetrenchmentRetrenchmentMirabeau B. Lamar

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The People of Texas

• Demographic growthDemographic growth

• The rise of townsThe rise of towns– Established communities Established communities

& new towns & new towns– ImmigrationImmigration– CommerceCommerce

• Farms, plantations, Farms, plantations, & ranches & ranches

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Social & Economic Challenges

• A diverse peopleA diverse people– TexiansTexians– IndiansIndians– TejanosTejanos

• Economic lifeEconomic life– EducationEducation– TransportationTransportation

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Diplomatic Challenges

• Recognition in EuropeRecognition in Europe– France, 1839France, 1839– Great Britain, 1840Great Britain, 1840

• Friction with Mexico– Imperial dreams– The “Mier Expedition”

• Annexation

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War with Mexico • Overtures

– General Zachery Taylor on the Rio Grande– Envoy John Slidell

• Interpreting the war– Mexican belligerency, irrationality & Anglo-phobia– Manipulations by President Polk– U.S. expansionism– Revisionism

• Mexico: national preservation• Polk provoked war

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War with Mexico

• The U.S. war plan– Invade New Mexico & California – Invade Northern Mexico– Invade Central Mexico

• Texans & the war

• Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo

• A hostile legacy?

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End of the Lone Star Republic

• Changes between 1836-1848Changes between 1836-1848– Anglo Americans– Tejanos– Regionalism

• The Repubican Legacy

• Texas & the United States

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Key Words & Terms (4)

David G. BurnetRepublicanismThomas J. RuskWilliam H. WhartonSam HoustonMirabeau B. LamarSanta Fe expeditionHomestead Act of 1839Henri CastroPrince Carl von Solms-BraunfelsAugustus C. & John K. AllenConstitution of 1836Texian“Regulators”

“Moderators”Cherokees in TexasDuwaliCouncil House FightJohn Coffee “Jack” HaysCount Alphonse de SalignyMier ExpeditionannexationMexican WarJohn SlidellGeneral Zachary TaylorWilliam A. “Big Foot” WallaceTreaty of Guadalupe HidalgoAnson Jones