Transcript First Two Presidents of the Republic of Texas

Monday, January 14th
Take out a clean sheet of notebook
paper and answer the following.
Warm-Ups: BE SURE TO WRITE 3 to 5
sentences to answer the following:
Of the different leaders we have discussed
during the Texas Revolution, who do you
believe would be the best president of the
new republic and why?
Be ready to turn in your maps!
Have them out on your desk.
Chapter 12 Section 1
The Republic of Texas
We won, but now what?
Carrie Hunnicutt
2010 – 2011
I. Sam Houston’s Government
A. The first president of Texas was Sam
Houston, the vice president was Mirabeau
B. Lamar, Stephen Fuller Austin was
Secretary of State
President Sam
Houston
Vice President
Mirabeau B. Lamar
B. The capital was moved from Columbia to Houston,
where there were muddy streets, crudely built houses,
and swarms of mosquitoes
Two enterprising businessmen from New
York, brothers Augustus and John Allen,
had been in the area for several years and
recognized the potential of the land along
the bayou. While they couldn’t obtain the
Harrisburg land, they did purchase 6,000
acres on the south banks of Buffalo
Bayou. In an optimistic - and shrewd move, they named the town Houston after
the newly minted hero of San
Jacinto. Wagering that Sam Houston would
be elected new president of Texas - and he
was - the Allen brothers planned to offer up
his namesake town as a new capital - and
they did. Presenting the town as a “thriving
port city” (a gross exaggeration at the time)
and promising construction of a capital
building, the brothers succeeded in winning
congressional approval. And so Houston
became the new capital of this fledgling
nation.
II. The United States Delays Annexation
A. Texas wanted to join the United States, but Mexico did not want to recognize
independence, and the United States did not want to damage relationship with
Mexico.
B. The United States did not want to tip the balance of power between free and slave
states, since Texas would join as a slave state, so
annexation was blocked.
III.Recognition as a Nation
A. The United States doubted Texas could keep independence from
Mexico, but President Jackson officially recognized Texas on March 3,
1837.
B. France and Great Britain finally recognized Texas in 1839 and 1840,
especially since the British were interested in annexing Texas themselves.
First Flag of the Republic
Zavala Flag
Approved by Congress
May 1836
Second Flag of the Republic of Texas
Approved by Congress
December 1836
Third Flag of the Republic of Texas
Approved by Congress
January 1839
IV.Native American and Texan Conflicts – As more pioneers
settled in central Texas, Native Americans attacked these
settlers, until Houston sent the Texas Rangers to attack these
Indians.
V. Texas Rangers (read pages 292 – 293 in text)
A. Texas Rangers served
their terms out of dedication
and civic duty.
B. Jack Hays was one of the
most famous during 1840s by
resolving conflicts with Natives
and protecting Texas from Mexico.
C. They used revolvers to patrol the
Plains and fought beside U.S. army
troops in the Mexican-American War.
VI.The Release of Santa Anna - In March of 1837,
Santa Anna was released from captivity, and
briefly visited Andrew Jackson in Washington, D.C.
before he returned to Vera Cruz, Mexico.
Is this the end of
Santa Anna?
To be continued….