Summary Of Storm Over Texas

Maintaining the Texas Constitution of 1876 We as must never forget that the future of Texas is centered not on the strength of government, but on the hopes and the dreams of the people. The power of the Texan ideal it thhe reality og that any child from any cerci=omstance can grow up and can succeed, all Texans have the same birth right to achieve your own goals if your willing to work hard, follow the rules, and dream big. Texas believes in this. And I want to assure that the people and their children have the opportunity to live this way.

During the early to mid 1800’s there was a high feeling throughout the nation of manifest destiny. It is often debated that slavery was one of the main causes of opposition, or that the other causes were just as important. Back then it was the main discussion and debate. Even though slavery played a major role in the annexation of Texas, it was not the only big idea or concern. My first point to cover is (Document B) the letter to Henry Clay, where Reverend William Channing states he believes annexing Texas would be adding another slave state to the south. "

This shows that the states had no right to get out of the union, which was forbidding the state’s rights which texans certainly wanted. So, this caused the Civil War. Furthermore, sectionalism was also one of the causes of the Civil War.

The first reason Texans fought for the Confederacy in the Civil War was for states rights. An editorial in the Texas State Gazette says that a state cannot be forced to stay in or leave the Union. Since this was in the Texas State Gazette, this most likely was a very popular opinion of Texans. Also, in Document C it says that Abraham Lincoln didn’t think you could lawfully get out of the Union. It says in the background

Henry Clay and Van Buren saw slavery in normal tradition, and chose a different route. They sent a rejection letter to halt the annexation of Texas, in hope

Soldiers from many states fought for their side in the battle. This brings up a confounding question. Why did Texans fight in the Civil War? Firstly, Texans were willing to fight in the Civil War because of their loyalty to Texas.

Numerous reasons brought Texan soldiers to fight in the Civil War such as protect state rights, keep slavery, and sectionalism. First of all, Texas fought in the bloody Civil War to protect slavery. They believed their government was only established for the white race and “that the African race had no (part) in their establishment (Document B)”. According to the chart

Sam Houston didn’t want to secede from the union. “In his mind, there was no way the south could win” (Why Did Texans Fight). Yet, Texas seceded from the Union on March 2, 1861, becoming the seventh state to join the confederacy. But, “Huston refused to take an oath of loyalty to the new Confederacy and was forced to resign” (Why Did Texans Fight). Texans fought in the, soon to be very bloody, Civil War to protect their states’ rights, for their love of Texas, and to preserve slavery.

One of the main reasons why Texans fought in The Civil War was to protect their state’s rights. According to Document C,“The crisis upon us involves not only the right of self government, but the maintenance of a great principle in the law of nation… the true theory of our government as an association of sovereignties,

In 1860, Texas owned 182,566 slaves and only 421,649 people were free. (Document A & civil-war.net) The number of slaves owned is a little more than twice the number of free people. That shows that slavery was the center of Texas, which is why they fought. Texas soldiers loved Texas so much that ‘Most of the Rangers want to be in

Slavery is extremely controversial but certainly, and non-debatably helped for economic success in the newly obtained land of Texas. This new land from the annexation of Texas brought even more opportunities for the American people. This taste of

After a year of independence from Mexico, Texas approached the United States about the possibility of being admitted to the Union as a slave-state. Fearing the wrath of Mexico and not wanting to disrupt the balance in the Senate, America declined Texas’ offer. Although, during the election of 1844 James K. Polk ran on a platform that embraced American territorial expansionism. Polk won the election and six days before he took office, the U.S. Congress approved the annexation of Texas. But, before Texas was an American state, there was tension amongst Texans and .

The Mexican-American war is to be partially blamed for the civil war for a big reason, slavery. Slavery during the American-Mexican war was very problematic concerning the North and the South. There were problems between the NOrth and South concerning if slavery should be allowed or not, the North wanted slaves to be free but the south did not. The south benefitted from the slaves because in the south cotton fields and factories were more common and they would be handled by the slaves. The slave owners also referred to as masters, would say how labor work was only for slaves and doing their work would make the masters stoop down to the slaves level.

The south did not want the north to destroy their economy and slavery. They thought the election of Abraham Lincoln would ruin their rights. (Document C) Texans also fought for their love for Texas. They had lots of land and resources.

When the six southern states left the United States, led by South Carolina, Texas was approached to join the Confederacy. Sam Houston opposed the secession from the US and wanted to stay, but failed to do so since most Texans voted to secede "When Texas did vote to secede, Houston refused to take the oath of loyalty to the Confederacy" Sam Houston was then forced to resign as governor of Texas "He was forced to resign from his office as governor of Texas". Sam Houston tried to stop the secession from the US and was apart of the small apart of the Texas population who wanted to do so. Him disagreeing was a very risky move since most people during the time of the Civil War in the southern states farmed, which means they used slaves to harvest their cotton farms. Houston was very heroic to disagree with