

After the Annexation
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Katherine R
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After the Annexation
What happened next?!

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Multiple Choice
What is a treaty?
When two countries agree to a war
When two countries agree to peace
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John Meusebach
- immigrant from Germany
- in charge of settling 3 million acres
- wanted to make peace with the American Indians
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Multiple Choice
What did John Meusebach want to do?
Fight the American Indians
Make peace with the American Indians
Keep anyone from settling the area
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Comanche
- lived in the area where the German immigrants wanted to move
- were NOT happy that people wanted to kick them out
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Open Ended
Why do you think the German immigrants should have been allowed to live on the land where the Comanche lived?
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Meusebach-Comanche Treaty
allowed German settlers on Comanche land
allowed Comanche into German towns
German settlers agreed to pay the Comanche
opened 3 million acres of land to settle
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Multiple Select
What did the Meusebach-Comanche Treaty agree to?
Germans could not have any Comanche land
Comanche could go to German towns
Germans could pay the Comanche for their land
Comanche were allowed to kick the Germans off their land
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Population Growth
1847 - 140,000 people lived in Texas
1860 - 600,000 people lived in Texas
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Open Ended
Why do you think the population increased so much?
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Immigration!
Remember Meusebach-Comanche Treaty?
Opened land up for people to move to Texas
Texas was now a part of the US
They didn't think of Mexico as a big threat
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What happened to Mexico?
Remember that one of the reasons people didn't want Texas to become part of the US was because of Mexico. Mexico was VERY unhappy that Texas joined the US.
They felt the US had "stolen" Texas and really wanted their land back.
The US believed that Texas was now "one of them" and wasn't about to give it back to Mexico.
There are two countries VERY angry with each other. So NOW what?
After the Annexation
What happened next?!

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