ANGLO AMERICAN EXPANSION

Question 1

MEXICAN IMMIGRATION POLICY

Answer 1

 Empresario (agents for settlement)
 Moses Austin 1821 - Good moral character, Catholic or convert to Catholicism, swore allegiance to Mexico, “by 1830 Anglo Texans outnumbered the Mexicans by more than five to one. Many of these were not legal settlers but illegal aliens from the South…” (Mirande p. 24)

Question 2

THE ALAMO

Answer 2

February 23 - March 6, 1836 (The Perfect Symbol)

Question 3

ANDREW JACKSON (1829-1836)

Answer 3

“Ultimately it would cost the Anglo-Americans about $1.25 million to put on their Texas Revolution” (Long p. 110)
 “Some of the largest subscriptions came from New York, which raised $100,000 on the 1st day of its drive, and another $100,000 on the 2nd day (Long p.111)

Question 4

TRUE CHARACTER OF DEFENDERS (BOWIE, TRAVIS, ETC)

Answer 4

“Actually, two thirds of the defenders had recently arrived from the U.S. and only a half a dozen had been in Texas for more than 6 years. The men in the Alamo were adventurers. William Barret Travis had fled to Texas after killing a man and abandoning his wife and two children. James Bowie, and infamous brawler, made a fortune running slaves and had wandered into Texas searching for lost mines and ore money” (Acuna p.10).

Question 5

LEGITIMIZATION OF USURPATION: SAN JACINTO (APRIL 21, 1836) TREATY OF VELASCO

Answer 5

“Although Santa Anna had agreed to Texas independence by signing the Treaty of Velasco in exchange for his freedom, The Treaty was not recognized by Mexico” (Mirande p. 24). “Officially, the U.S. had not taken sides, but men, money and supplies poured in to aid fellow Anglo-Americans” (Acuna p. 12

Question 6

TEXAS REPUBLIC (1836-1845)

Answer 6

Forced Removals - “During the Texas Revolt many tejanos were forcibly driven from their lands…” (Mirande p. 25)

Question 7

JUAN SEGUIN (BROWNSVILLE)

Answer 7

“A victim to the wickedness of a few men, whose imposture was favored by their origin, and recent domination over the country; a foreigner in my native land; could I be stoically to endure their outrages and insults?”

Question 8

MEXICAN AMERICAN WAR

Answer 8

Annexation of Texas by the United States 1845; Congress declares war on Mexico 1846; Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo 1848 - Mexico ceded northern territories

Question 9

MANIFEST DESTINY

Answer 9

“Part of a mission, of the Destiny allotted to the Anglo-Saxon race…to civilize, to Americanize this continent.” (Ashbal Smith. 1845)

Question 10

RACISM

Answer 10

Greaser was a term for the Mexicans in the 1800s

Question 11

INDUSTRIALISM

Answer 11

 Economic Reasons: ports for trade, resources

 Political Reasons: expansion of Southern influence