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Chapter 14: Texas Faces Foreign Challenges
Section 2: Conflict with Mexico
Thinking QuestionImagine you are the
leader of Mexico, what are some policies you might have towards Texas following the Texas Revolution?
Santa Fe Expedition• Texas claimed
Rio Grande as southern border
• Mexico contested this claim
• Lamar wanted to expand trade and Texas influence
Santa Fe Expedition• June 1841: Lamar sends 320
people to Santa Fe • Santa Fe expedition sent to
expand Texas control in the West
•Hugh McLeod—leader of the Santa Fe expedition
Santa Fe Expedition•Experienced hardships: Indian
attacks and ran low on food and water
•Wagons got stuck near Caprock
•Divides soldiers
Santa Fe Expedition•Oct 1841: Captured by
Mexican forces
•Marched 1200 miles to Mexico City
•Imprisoned until following April
Santa Fe Expedition•Jose Navarro
sentenced to death
•Later escaped•60 Texans
diedJose Antonio Navarro
The Texas Navy• Sept 1841: Lamar
sends Navy to Yucatan coast
• Rebels agreed to pay $8000/month for use of Texas Navy Texas Navy Flag
The Texas Navy•Lamar used the Texas Navy to
pressure Mexico for recognition•1841: Sam Houston becomes
president and orders navy home
•Houston tries to sell the navy
The Archives War• Mexican leaders upset with actions
of the Lamar administration
• 1842: General Ráfael Vásquez enters Texas
• Attacks San Antonio, Goliad, Refugio, & Victoria
The Archives War•Texans panic & fear an attack on Austin
•Houston orders archives be removed
•Austin residents oppose move
The Archives War•Archives War—
struggle over attempt to move government record from Austin to Houston in 1842
Depiction of Archives War
The Archives War•Angelina Eberly—leader in the Archives War Angelina Eberly statue in
Austin
The Archives War•Sept 1824: Mexico invades
Texas again•Adrián Woll—Mexican general
who captured San Antonio in September 1842
•Texans forced Woll to retreat
The Mier Expedition•Texans angry about attacks•Alexander Somervell—
general sent by Houston to pursue General Woll
•Recapture soldiers taken by General Woll
The Mier Expedition•Reach Rio Grande
•Realizes he does not have enough supplies or soldiers
•Orders troops home
The Mier Expedition• 300 of 750 soldiers disobey and
decide to invade Mexico•Mier expedition—an invasion of
Mexico by rebellious Texas troops in 1842
• Dec 23, 1842: Texans enter Mier and demand supplies
The Mier Expedition•Supplies do not arrive
•Texans storm town
•900 Mexican soldiers waiting for them
The Mier Expedition•100 Mexicans, 30 Texans killed
•Texans surrender
•Mexican commander ignores order to execute prisoners
The Mier Expedition• Prisoners
marched to Mexico City
• Santa Anna orders every 10th prisoner shot
• Prisoners draw beansDrawing Beans
The Mier Expedition• Black bean =
death (blindfolded & shot)
• White Bean = no punishment
• September 1844: last of the prisoners released Execution of Mier
Expedition participants
The Mier Expedition• Britain & France
worked to restore peace between Texas & Mexico
• An independent Texas would slow U.S. expansion
British Flag
French Flag
• Spring 1845: British presents Mexican government with a document recognizing Texas independence
• Texas agrees not to be annexed
• Agreement only preliminary
The Mier Expedition
The Mier Expedition•Mexico agreed to proposal
•Wished to prevent U.S. expansion
•Texans have a choice
Texas Mexico