Download - War of Texas Secession Perspectives on the Texas Revolution Raúl A. Ramos University of Houston
War of Texas SecessionPerspectives on the Texas Revolution
Raúl A. RamosUniversity of Houston
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•Contexts:
• Visual/Symbolic
• Temporal
• Cultural
• Social
Perspective
Visual Context
War of Texas Secession
Temporal Perspective
• 1830- Law of April 6
• 1834- Austin Arrested
• Oct. 1835- Cannon at Gonzales
• Nov. 1835- Texan Siege on Bexar
• March 2, 1836 - Texas Declaration of Independence
• March 1836- Mexican Siege on Bexar
• April 1836- San Jacinto Mexican defeat
Tejano Options
• Negotiating and navigating a changing landscape
• Anglo Texan statehood demands to Mexico City
• Mexican political practices and conflicts
• How define allegiance?
Mexican Civil War
• Opposition to the centralist government
• Federalists organizing around Mexico
• Zacatecas
• Coahuila
• Yucatan
Power of Language
• AmericanImmigrants
Law April 6, 1830
• Response to Mier y Teran Report
• Modification of Colonization Laws
• Article 10 - Restricts slavery
• Article 11 - Halts American immigration
American Expansion
Indigenous Context
• Cherokee settlements
• Comanche trading and raiding frontier
• Missions secularized and assimilated
The Texas War
• War of Secession or Revolution?
• Participation - Changing face and nature of the War
• Initially, long term Anglo Texan
• Tejano Federalists
• Later, American volunteers predominate
Uncertainty
• Continued Federalist revolt in Mexico
• Seguin and Tejanos link Texas
• Status of Mexican dominated regions of Texas
• 1842 Mexican expeditions into San Antonio
• Santa Fe Expedition
Historical MemoryDallas - 1886 San Antonio - 1886
Texas Revolution
• Multiple Contexts and Perspectives
• Timeframe: 1830 to 1848
• Connections to American, Mexican and World History