Dynai Gonzales
Texas History
April 23, 2023
Texas History
In 1845 Texas enters the union as the 28th state. Texas had been a sovereign nation since 1836; it had previously been a part of Mexico. Texas has sought U.S. annexation ever since it gained its independence. Due to political disagreements regarding slavery, the procedure, however, took close to 10 years. The Mexican-American War was sparked by Texas' entrance to the union as a slave state, which widened the country's unbridgeable divisions over the issue of slavery.
James K. Polk, the president of the United States at that time, he officially acknowledged Texas as the 28th state of the Union by signing the annexation measure into law. The Mexican-American War was influenced by the
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According to Stephen F. Austin when Mexico and Spain fought the high rates of death inevitably destroyed tribal communities and tribal culture. Texas, a Mexican region, was the site of Stephen Austin's first significant American colonial outposts. Moses Austin, Stephen's father, led the early efforts to build an American colony in Texas by obtaining a land grant and authorization to settle 300 families there in 1820, but he passed away before the undertaking was finished. In 1822, Stephen Austin gained control and started settling Americans in Texas. Austin acted as a liaison between the colonists and the Mexican government in his capacity as colony …show more content…
As more immigrants entered the country, some became targets for thieves and cattle rustlers. When they arrived in the United States, they had to contend with unfavorable weather, a shaky economy, and the potential for attacks by both long-time residents and Native American raiders. The Texas Rangers received particularly harsh criticism.
According to “Land Loss in Trying Times" The majority of Mexicans who resided in the new American territory became citizens of the United States as a result of the treaty that put an end to the Mexican War. Their safety and property rights were also guaranteed under the treaty, "as if the [property] belonged to citizens of the United States in accordance with the principles of the Constitution. By the end of the 19th century, many Mexican Americans had lost their land and were forced to live in a sometimes hazardous environment