HIST 011 Lecture Notes - Lecture 32: Antonio López De Santa Anna, Republic Of Texas, Moses Austin
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Manifest destiny: expressed the popular belief that the us had a divine mission to extend its power and civilization across the breadth of north america. 1823, mexico wins independence from spain; however lands are sparsely populated in texas. Moses austin (missouri banker) obtained a large land grant in texas, died and. Stephen austin (son) succeeded in bringing 300 families; begins steady migration of american settlers frontier territory. Mexico outlawed slavery and required all immigrants to convert to roman. Catholicism; settlers refuse and mexico closed texas to additional american. Revolt and independence: 1834, general antonio lopez de santa anna tries to enforce laws in texas, sam houston and settlers revolt and declar texas to be indep rep in mar 1836. Annexation denied: lone star republic (texas) applied to the us gov"t to have it annexed, jackson and van buren put it off bc political opposition was strong in the north about slavery + threat of war w/ mx.
