Tham khảo tài liệu 'sat ii history episode 1 part 8', ngoại ngữ, ngữ pháp tiếng anh phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | REVIEWING THE EVENTS LEADING TO THE CIVIL WAR AND ITS AFTERMATH ACQUISITION PRESENT STATES Texas by resolution of Congress in 1845 Texas parts of Oklahoma Kansas Colorado and New Mexico Oregon Territory by treaty with Great Britain in 1846 Oregon Washington Idaho and parts of Montana and Wyoming Mexican Cession by treaty with Mexico in 1848 California Nevada Utah Arizona and parts of Colorado Wyoming and New Mexico Gadsden Purchase from Mexico in 1853 Parts of Arizona and New Mexico Alaska purchased from Russia in 1867 Alaska Hawaii annexed by the United States in 1898 Hawaii Annexation of Texas Mexico had achieved its independence from Spain in 1821. With few Mexicans living in Texas Mexico was interested in settling the vast area. The Mexican government accepted Moses Austin s request to settle in East Texas provided that the settlers 1 became Roman Catholics and 2 obeyed Mexican law including the ban on slavery. Under the leadership of his son Stephen Austin some 300 families immigrated to Texas in 1822. By 1830 when Americans outnumbered Mexicans in Texas by six to one the Mexican government 1 refused entrance to any more Americans and 2 restated the ban on slavery. This occurred because many Americans who had come to Texas were slave owners who brought their slaves to work cotton and sugar plantations. Austin protested and was jailed. When General Antonio Santa Anna became president of Mexico and assumed dictatorial powers the Americans in Texas rebelled. Fighting broke out Battle of the Alamo but Santa Anna was unable to stop the rebels under General Sam Houston Battle of San Jacinto . Santa Anna signed a treaty acknowledging Texas s independence but later refused to recognize it. However the Mexicans could do nothing to stop Texas from declaring itself the Lone Star Republic. Peterson s SAT II Success . History Ịặặ CHAPTER 4 Test-Taking Strategy Be sure to track how slavery played a role in presidential elections. When Texans voted to .
