Texas Time Line--
Settlers Move to Texas
MATERIALS;
· You will need a copy of page 38, scissors, tape
· Read about the early pioneers who settled in Texas, the battle of the Alamo, and the admittance of Texas into the Union. After reading, take a copy of the template on page 38.
CREATING THE TEXAS TIME-LINE:
· Cut page 38 in half vertically along the dotted line to make two long strips of paper. Then tape the strips into one long time line. (you should tape your time lines from behind so that the tape does not cover the area on which you are going to write.)
· Fold this long time line accordion-style so that all of the writing is on the inside. When the time line is closed, the top panel should be blank.
· On this top panel, write “[Your name]’s Time Line of Texas,” using creative lettering, and to draw an illustration of the Texas state flag under the title.
· Then complete the panels to show your knowledge of the westward expansion into the state of Texas.
Suggested Answers for Time Line Questions
PANEL 1—1821: Before 1821, Texas was part of the Spanish territory of Mexico.
Then Mexico won its independence from Spain after years of hard fighting.
PANEL 2—1820s: Mexico wanted to build up the Texas territory by having more people settle there. They allowed Stephen Austin to bring 300 families from the United States to settle in Texas. Then more and more Americans started to move there. Today, the capital of Texas is named Austin in his honor.
PANEL 3—1830: Mexico banned Americans from continuing to settle in Texas because the settlers didn’t convert to Catholicism as Mexico wanted; they refused to learn Spanish, which was the national language; many settlers had slaves, which was not allowed in Mexico; the settlers would not become loyal to Mexico rather than to the westward expansion into the United States; American settlers outnumbered Mexican residents by three to one, and Mexico was afraid it would lose control of the territory.
PANEL 4,—1836:
General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the ruler of Mexico, led his army to the Alamo in order to overpower the Texans who sought independence. Juan Seguín was a Tejano leader who organized the men who joined the volunteer Texas Army in the fight for independence.
Panel 5,-1836:
William Travis, a lawyer from Alabama, was the 27-year-old commander of the Texas Army who led the fight at the Alamo. Davy Crockett was a frontiersman
and former U.S. congressman from Tennessee who fought and died at the
Alamo. Jim Bowie, the inventor of a special hunting knife called the bowie knife, also fought and died at the Alamo.
Panel 6,-1836:
After Santa Anna won the battle at the Alamo, Sam Houston led a surprise attack against him at the battle of San Jacinto, which forced Santa Anna to grant Texas its independence from Mexico.
PANEL 7—1845:
President Andrew Jackson was afraid that Mexico would declare war if the United States allowed Texas to become a state. Also, Texas allowed slavery, and many northern leaders did not want to let another slave state into the Union.
Settlers Move to Texas
MATERIALS;
· You will need a copy of page 38, scissors, tape
· Read about the early pioneers who settled in Texas, the battle of the Alamo, and the admittance of Texas into the Union. After reading, take a copy of the template on page 38.
CREATING THE TEXAS TIME-LINE:
· Cut page 38 in half vertically along the dotted line to make two long strips of paper. Then tape the strips into one long time line. (you should tape your time lines from behind so that the tape does not cover the area on which you are going to write.)
· Fold this long time line accordion-style so that all of the writing is on the inside. When the time line is closed, the top panel should be blank.
· On this top panel, write “[Your name]’s Time Line of Texas,” using creative lettering, and to draw an illustration of the Texas state flag under the title.
· Then complete the panels to show your knowledge of the westward expansion into the state of Texas.
Suggested Answers for Time Line Questions
PANEL 1—1821: Before 1821, Texas was part of the Spanish territory of Mexico.
Then Mexico won its independence from Spain after years of hard fighting.
PANEL 2—1820s: Mexico wanted to build up the Texas territory by having more people settle there. They allowed Stephen Austin to bring 300 families from the United States to settle in Texas. Then more and more Americans started to move there. Today, the capital of Texas is named Austin in his honor.
PANEL 3—1830: Mexico banned Americans from continuing to settle in Texas because the settlers didn’t convert to Catholicism as Mexico wanted; they refused to learn Spanish, which was the national language; many settlers had slaves, which was not allowed in Mexico; the settlers would not become loyal to Mexico rather than to the westward expansion into the United States; American settlers outnumbered Mexican residents by three to one, and Mexico was afraid it would lose control of the territory.
PANEL 4,—1836:
General Antonio López de Santa Anna, the ruler of Mexico, led his army to the Alamo in order to overpower the Texans who sought independence. Juan Seguín was a Tejano leader who organized the men who joined the volunteer Texas Army in the fight for independence.
Panel 5,-1836:
William Travis, a lawyer from Alabama, was the 27-year-old commander of the Texas Army who led the fight at the Alamo. Davy Crockett was a frontiersman
and former U.S. congressman from Tennessee who fought and died at the
Alamo. Jim Bowie, the inventor of a special hunting knife called the bowie knife, also fought and died at the Alamo.
Panel 6,-1836:
After Santa Anna won the battle at the Alamo, Sam Houston led a surprise attack against him at the battle of San Jacinto, which forced Santa Anna to grant Texas its independence from Mexico.
PANEL 7—1845:
President Andrew Jackson was afraid that Mexico would declare war if the United States allowed Texas to become a state. Also, Texas allowed slavery, and many northern leaders did not want to let another slave state into the Union.