Dates
Texas Annexation
1845
Sam Houston
What document set the new borders for New Mexico?
Compromise of 1850 (Pearce Plan)
What river did Mexico consider the border between Texas and themselves?
Nueces River
Westward expansion
Texas declares independence from Mexico
1836
First elected president of the Republic of Texas
Sam Houston
What document ended the U.S. Mexican War?
Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo
What was the primary reason the United States did not want to annex Texas in 1837?
The United States didn't want to anger Mexico and go to war.
What were the two purposes of the Texas Rangers?
Defend Texas from Native Americans
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Texas joins the Confederacy
1861
Second elected president of the Republic of Texas
Maribeau Lamar
Lamar won most of the votes in the 1838 presidential election.
His opponents died.
What river did the U.S. consider the border between Texas and Mexico.
Rio Grande River
What was the significance of Mary A. Maverick?
Mary A. Maverick documented in a journal about life in the Texas Republic.
Who was the president of the U.S. when Texas got Annexed?
James K. Polk
Why were people in the North opposed to Texas becoming annexed.
Slavery
What was the result of the Texas debt if annexed by the U.S.
The U.S. would pay off the Texas debt.
Who was the president of the Republic of Texas when Texas got annexed.
Anson Jones
Who did Texas fight against in the Cordova Rebellion and the Council House Fight?
Native Americans.
Which Republic of Texas president was working to have Texas annexed.
Sam Houston
What was the focus of Houston's policies at President of the Republic of Texas?
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