US History › Section F · Westward expansion and the cotton South › Topic F.3
Independence for Texas
Mexico invited Americans into Texas to strengthen a thinly held frontier. Within fifteen years those settlers had broken away to form their own republic, one built on slavery and soon eager to join the United States.
In this topic
- Mexico's open door
- Stephen Austin's colony
- Growing friction
- Centralists, federalists and Santa Anna
- Worked example: weighing the causes of revolt
- War and independence, 1835-1836
- The Alamo, Goliad and San Jacinto
- The Lone Star Republic
- Worked example: who won the revolution?
- Common mistakes to avoid
- Key takeaways
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