Texas History

Bell Ringer

• Why were the Spanish in Texas? 🧐

• Has Texas changed in any way? 🤔

Quick History Review
Texas before Texas? 🤔

• Texas was populated

by different Native
American groups

• Are the Tiguas still

in Texas? 👀
Spanish Exploration

• Alonso Alvarez de
Pineda 1519
• First Spaniard
in Texas
Rate from 1-10?
• Mapped the
coast of Florida
and Texas
• Alvar Nuñez

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Cabeza de Vaca
1527
• Second Spaniard
in Texas
• Goes back to
Spain and talks
about cities made
of GOLD (Seven
Cities of Cibola)
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Spanish Texas
• Rumors of GOLD bring
more Spaniards into Texas
• After Spaniards saw that
there was no GOLD ☹️,
they ignored Texas for
more than 100 years
• France try to take Texas in
1685
• Sieur de La Salle
Spanish Texas 1690-1821
• Spain kicks France out and
settles Texas
• No GOLD, conflicts
with Native groups
• bad relationship
between Spaniards and
colonists (future
Mexicans)
• 1821- Mexico gets
independence from Spain
and takes Texas
Mexican Texas 1821-1836
• Mexico populates Texas
• Stephen F. Austin- one of the people in charge
of populating Texas
• Anglos from the South of the US move into
Texas in LARGE numbers with their slaves
• By 1835, there were 10
Anglos per 1 Tejano
• Anglo Texans were not
happy with how Mexico
was governing them
Mexican Texas 1821-1836
• Conflicts:
• Mexico limited slavery
• Mexico merged Texas
and Coahuila
• Mexico limited
migration of Anglos
into Texas
• Texas Revolution 1835
• Alamo
• Treaties of Velasco 1836
ends the war
Republic of Texas 1836-1845

• Texas wanted to join the

US, but the US rejected
them
• Republic of Texas 1836
• Legalized slavery!! Problems:
• Adopted a Constitution • Debt
similar to the US • Conflict between
Constitution 👀 Natives, Anglos, and
Tejanos
• Problems with Mexico
 United States
• The US could not accept
Texas because they were
trying to have a balance
between slave states and
free states
• US accepts Texas as part
of the US in 1845 🎉🎉

• Mexico saw this as an invasion

and the Mexican-American War
began in 1846
Treaty of Guadalupe - Hidalgo
• The US defeats Mexico
and takes more Mexican
land
• Treaty of Guadalupe –
Hidalgo 1848:
• Ends the war
• US “buys” California,
Arizona, Utah, Nevada
and parts of New
Mexico
Assignment
• Create a meme about what you have
learned about Texas so far
• Must be school appropriate (no
cursing)
• Must be original (you can use other
memes as “inspiration,” but do not
copy them.
Meme: Padlet:

1. Fill in meme template 1. Create new Padlet +

2. Click Generate Meme 2. Write your name in
3. Copy Image Link Title Line
4. Go to Padlet Link in 3. Click on Link button
Zoom Chat    (paperclip) and Paste
Image Link
4. Click on Save

After you post your meme: Look at your

classmate’s memes and Like your favorite ones!!!