Texas Annexation
In 1835, around 20,000 American, Mexican, and European settlers had arrived in Texas, bringing with them 4,000 slaves. The Mexicans attempted to limit the amount of incoming of American immigrants, but it didn't work.
In the same year, fighting broke out between the Mexican army and American colonists who were angry with the Mexican government for attempting to limit the practice of slavery and for violating the Mexican constitution. In 1836, Texas declared themselves an independent state, named simply, the Republic of Texas. After a Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto later that year, fighting stopped. but even then The Mexican government never recognized the new state, and for the next decade, the Lone Star Republic had a shaky existence. It was under constant threat of raid from Mexico, and the government didn't have enough money in its treasury to retaliate.
In 1845, Texas asked to return as a part of the United States, and the they agreed. Mexico had long warned the United States that if it tried to make Texas a state, it would declare war. And, almost immediately after Texas joined the United States, they went to war with Mexico about where the proper border for the state should be. Texas, before the war, included the present-day state of Texas as well as portions of New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming. (shown above)
In the same year, fighting broke out between the Mexican army and American colonists who were angry with the Mexican government for attempting to limit the practice of slavery and for violating the Mexican constitution. In 1836, Texas declared themselves an independent state, named simply, the Republic of Texas. After a Texan victory at the Battle of San Jacinto later that year, fighting stopped. but even then The Mexican government never recognized the new state, and for the next decade, the Lone Star Republic had a shaky existence. It was under constant threat of raid from Mexico, and the government didn't have enough money in its treasury to retaliate.
In 1845, Texas asked to return as a part of the United States, and the they agreed. Mexico had long warned the United States that if it tried to make Texas a state, it would declare war. And, almost immediately after Texas joined the United States, they went to war with Mexico about where the proper border for the state should be. Texas, before the war, included the present-day state of Texas as well as portions of New Mexico, Kansas, Colorado, and Wyoming. (shown above)
This event is important to the Antebellum Era and to the rest of the United States, because the annexation of Texas would lead to the current shape of the southern United States, and the Mexican american war would be a start to the power of the United States.