President Mirabeau B. Lamar, who took office at the end of 1838, had a very different attitude towards Indians than did Sam Houston. Lamar believed that the Indians had no integrity; thus, there was no possibility of peaceful negotiation or co-existence.

During his presidency, Lamar had opposed annexation of Texas by the United States. A few years later, he came to believe that annexation was necessary to prevent Texas from falling into the orbit of Great Britain, and also to protect the institution of slavery, which Lamar strongly supported.

Lamar rushed back to Texas and joined the revolutionary army as a private. He was commissioned a colonel on the field of San Jacinto just before the start of the battle and made commander of the cavalry. During the battle, he distinguished himself by his bravery and quick action.

Once out of office, Lamar turned his attention to maintaining slavery at all costs. Dreading that the independent Texas he helped bankrupt would soon fall under the auspices of abolitionist Great Britain, he believed that joining Uncle Sam was the best way to ensure the safety of his beloved slave plantation.

His official motivation was to outmaneuver suspected diplomatic efforts by the British government for emancipation of slaves in Texas, which would undermine slavery in the United States.

What was one reason for the republic’s money problems? The Texas Rangers charged a lot of money to protect settlers from attacks by Native Americans. The Allen brothers needed a large amount of money to build the new capital city.

Why did Mexican officials want to bring more settlers to Texas? They were trying to colonize Texas and make it a part of Mexico. They wanted to give land to new coming Americans so they would be on the Mexican side when Americans illegally came to Texas.

They wanted Texas to remain independent and believed that Texas had the resources to develop as a great nation separate from the U.S. Why was recognition from the U.S. delayed?

The Northerners and Southerners disagreed on the annexation of Texas because they didn’t want to add another slave state in the union. If they did add Texas, they feared there would be disagreements between the states about slavery.

A border skirmish along the Rio Grande started off the fighting and was followed by a series of U.S. victories. When the dust cleared, Mexico had lost about one-third of its territory, including nearly all of present-day California, Utah, Nevada, Arizona and New Mexico.

The annexation of Texas was controversial due to its impact on American politics regarding the issue of slavery and the expansion of slavery westward….

The Mexican-American War was formally concluded by the Treaty of Guadalupe-Hidalgo. The United States received the disputed Texan territory, as well as New Mexico territory and California. The Mexican government was paid $15 million — the same sum issued to France for the Louisiana Territory.

Mexico

Texas drifted away between 1821 and 1835 while Mexican citizens were deciding how to solidify their newly-won independence and create a government that all of her citizens could live with. Such disruptions, turbulence, and internal preoccupation were not unique to Mexico in the period from 1821 to 1836.

On March 2, Texas’ revolutionary government formally declared its independence from Mexico.

In 1844, Congress finally agreed to annex the territory of Texas. On December 29, 1845, Texas entered the United States as a slave state, broadening the irrepressible differences in the United States over the issue of slavery and setting off the Mexican-American War.