What was the Significance of the Lone Star Republic?
Texas is one of the two states to be an independant country. For nearly a decade, Texas was a lone star republic, officially named the Republic of Texas. This all started in 1821, when mexico became independent from spain, with Mexico controlling Texas. When Mexico banned slaves, Texas felt, Which started a big war between them. The Lone Star Republic was significant becau
Texas pursued independance all because of how Mexico treated them. It all started when The Americans were expected to become Mexican. The Texans didn’t want this, but they grudgingly agreed. Then, Mexico passed a law that all travelers from the United States had to change their religious beliefs to catholic. When slavery …show more content…
“When Texas got their independence from Mexico in 1836, they wanted to join the U.S. However, they wouldn’t become a state for almost a decade. There were a few reasons they had to wait so long . One reason was slavery. There had been a balance between free and slave states, and if they added texas, the balance would be unset. Northerners were concerned this would allow for slavery policies and laws to be made”(enotes.com. enotes.com, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2017. (-- removed HTML --) .). There was also concern that letting Texas in immediately would have led to a war with mexico. Santa anna gave Texas freedom, but the government didn’t accept the status of Texas. There was some concern, as Mexico had said that if Texas was annexed, they would go to war. This is another reason the Union did not annex Texas right away. Texas was an independent republic called The Lone Star Republic from 1836-18450. Naturally, There was another side of the argument. The south of the United States. The Southern States wanted to annex Texas because they believed it would enter the Union as a Slave State increasing the power of southern members in the senate(Drayer, David. socratic.org. Socratic, 16 Aug. 2016. Web. 20 Nov. 2017.). They also believed in manifest destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that American expansion was destined to expand across the continent. Since Texas …show more content…
After Texas went independant, They joined the United States. The war was a territory grab by the U.S. Although President James Knox Polk made sure that the Mexicans shot first, by purposefully placing American troops in contested territory. In the 1844 campaign President Polk did not promise he would not seize California from Mexico with force, as his major mission was to Expand the U.S., as the major plank of his platform was U.S. expansion across the continent. Also, Polk had also called for the annexation of all of the Oregon country, which was also claimed by Britain and Russia. One of his campaign slogans had been "54-40 or fight!", referring to the northern boundary of the Oregon territory. In the end, the U.S. and Britain compromised, with the U.S. taking the parts of Oregon that now comprise the states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, while Britain took what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia, while Russia kept the edge of Alaska. This was probably because America was scared of Britain more than
Texas is one of the two states to be an independant country. For nearly a decade, Texas was a lone star republic, officially named the Republic of Texas. This all started in 1821, when mexico became independent from spain, with Mexico controlling Texas. When Mexico banned slaves, Texas felt, Which started a big war between them. The Lone Star Republic was significant becau
Texas pursued independance all because of how Mexico treated them. It all started when The Americans were expected to become Mexican. The Texans didn’t want this, but they grudgingly agreed. Then, Mexico passed a law that all travelers from the United States had to change their religious beliefs to catholic. When slavery …show more content…
“When Texas got their independence from Mexico in 1836, they wanted to join the U.S. However, they wouldn’t become a state for almost a decade. There were a few reasons they had to wait so long . One reason was slavery. There had been a balance between free and slave states, and if they added texas, the balance would be unset. Northerners were concerned this would allow for slavery policies and laws to be made”(enotes.com. enotes.com, n.d. Web. 20 Nov. 2017. (-- removed HTML --) .). There was also concern that letting Texas in immediately would have led to a war with mexico. Santa anna gave Texas freedom, but the government didn’t accept the status of Texas. There was some concern, as Mexico had said that if Texas was annexed, they would go to war. This is another reason the Union did not annex Texas right away. Texas was an independent republic called The Lone Star Republic from 1836-18450. Naturally, There was another side of the argument. The south of the United States. The Southern States wanted to annex Texas because they believed it would enter the Union as a Slave State increasing the power of southern members in the senate(Drayer, David. socratic.org. Socratic, 16 Aug. 2016. Web. 20 Nov. 2017.). They also believed in manifest destiny. Manifest Destiny was the belief that American expansion was destined to expand across the continent. Since Texas …show more content…
After Texas went independant, They joined the United States. The war was a territory grab by the U.S. Although President James Knox Polk made sure that the Mexicans shot first, by purposefully placing American troops in contested territory. In the 1844 campaign President Polk did not promise he would not seize California from Mexico with force, as his major mission was to Expand the U.S., as the major plank of his platform was U.S. expansion across the continent. Also, Polk had also called for the annexation of all of the Oregon country, which was also claimed by Britain and Russia. One of his campaign slogans had been "54-40 or fight!", referring to the northern boundary of the Oregon territory. In the end, the U.S. and Britain compromised, with the U.S. taking the parts of Oregon that now comprise the states of Idaho, Oregon and Washington, while Britain took what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia, while Russia kept the edge of Alaska. This was probably because America was scared of Britain more than