How Did Texas Fight For What's Right

One reason that Texas fought in the civil war was to protect state rights. Abraham lincoln did not want any states to secede saying “ I hold that...the union of these states is perpetual….(N)o state upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the union”(Document c). But the state disagreed saying that the state was taking their rights away which

In August 1859, the citizens of Texas elected Sam Houston as their governor. The result of this election placed the Unionists in control of the state, but in just eighteen months’ individual events or circumstances allowed the secessionists to regain power. Following the 1859 Gubernatorial election, the secessionists sought to restore political and social power in Texas over the Unionists. Texas’ one party system continued to support the other Southern states ideologically in dealing with slavery despite cultural and economic differences between the Upper and Lower South. Sam Houston’s continued popularity among Texas citizens temporarily outweighed his support for Unionist views, but the Southern Democratic propaganda machine eventually led to his defeat. Texas became the only state to bring a vote of secession to the people of the state and historians continue to debate the voting returns from the referendum on the Ordinance of Secession, 1861. The secession movement in Texas became a hotly debated topic as past, and present historians determined how the secessionists obtained enough power to overcome the Unionist-controlled government.

The Annexation of Texas was one of the most debatable events in American history. The question at hand would deeply impact the United States for generations to come. There was on one side a long list of reasons for why to not allow annexation, but there was the same kind of list on the other side for reasons to push forward for annexation. Some of these reasons of both sides were slaves, war, manifest destiny, politics , and constitutional rights. Also the way Texas began in a way said that they should be apart of the United States In the end there were more important reasons for annex Texas into the union, than to leave Texas the was she was.

The American Civil War was a bloody battle fought between the Confederacy (CSA) and the Union. Many men died, especially those who fought for the south. The Missouri Compromise is what separated the North from the South, leaving slavery in the north outlawed and vice versa. When the Missouri Compromise was repealed and the Kansas-Nebraska Act was passed, northerners were outraged. When Abraham Lincoln was elected president, he wasn’t an outright abolitionist, but he was anti-slavery, and therefore won no electoral votes from the south. His election made southerners fear for the abolition of slavery, and six states before Texas seceded to form the Confederate States of America. This sparked the Civil War, in which the CSA lost miserably and slavery was abolished. All of this leads to the question: why did Texans fight in the civil war? Texans fought in the civil war to protect states’ rights, for their love of Texas, and to preserve and protect slavery.

First, texans fought in civil war was because of states rights. “The crisis upon us involves not only the right of self government, but the maintenance of a great principle in the law of nations . . . the true theory of our (national) government as an association of sovereignties, and not a blended mass of people in one social compact (Doc C).” This is the speech of O.M. Roberts on states rights. He was the head of the Texas Secession Convention, January 28,

One reason why the Texans participated in the Civil War was to defend states` rights. They believed they had the right to make decisions on items not covered by the constitution. Therefore, Texas secession was a states rights and was worth fighting for. Texas had previously fought for its right to self-government. Stated in document C “Texas secession convention said states were sovereign and had the right to secede.”

In 1836, the Texans declared its independence from Mexico. Texas had declared their independence from Mexico because the Texans had trouble being a part of Mexico and wanted their own independence because the Texans had objected Mexico’s way of governing. The Texans were justified in declaring their independence, and they were honorable men fighting for their freedom. One reason is that the government had not exactly listened to the Texans. Another reason is that the Texans should have a choice for their independence since the original 13 colonies had also declared independence when they felt they had been treated unfairly. And third, Mexico had not been treating the Texans nicely, causing the Texans to rebel. All in all, the Texans had declared

Texans believed that each State should have their own rights and powers rather than the federal government. For instance, O.M. Roberts, the president of the Texas Secession Convention states that, “The crisis upon us involves not only the right of self government, but the maintenance of a great principle in the laws of nations…”-[Doc C] O.M. Roberts is stating that, it is a crisis that there are no state rights. The Texans though it wasn’t right to give all the power to the federal government. When the government refused the suggestion, it enraged

Texans fought in the Civil War because they were pro-slavery, supported State’s Rights, and were loyal to Texas.

Another reason our soldiers fought for Texas was because they wanted more rights as a state. “(N)o state upon its own mere motion, can lawfully get out of the Union.” (Doc C). Texans didn’t like

Do you ever think about the fights that your state or country had to get through just so they could give the citizens a safe place to live? Because, the soldiers of the Texas Revolution had to fight long and hard to ensure the citizens of Texas a safe and independant place to live. It took a lot of guts to stand up to the Mexican Officials who ruled over Texas. They had to resist the strong hold Mexico had on Texas. Texas has one of the most interesting stories about resisting authority.

There were several extremely fascinating aspects regarding the history of Texas found in Passionate Nation's pages 195-219 and Major Problems in Texas History's pages 146-150 and 162-167. One of the most salient of these was the fact that Texas was its own independent nation. This fact was fairly startling for a number of different reasons. One of these is the fact that the United States allowed another nation to be created within its borders. This is something rarely done in history, and probably never done again in the history of the United States.

The Texas Revolution, why is it so important? Why is there so many arguments over it? Truth is this historical subject is very controversial and it can be seen through the work of many authors. In this case I have decided to research 4 authors and their dedicated work on the history of the Texas Revolution. From the historical documents of Sam Houston to retracing his steps through photographic representation. These authors put in a lot of time and dedication, a lot of research and thought into their research and even though they had different opinions and ideology on the Texas Revolution, one thing they do share, is the passion and love for Texas. So what are some key points and key

In addition, a controversy about slavery because northerners or free soilers did not want slave expand to other territories. This hard to prevent southerners to move to Texas because Texas was good to glow cotton. As the result, there were more immigrants came to Texas, mostly illegal, and Mexico started to fear. The Texas Revolution was a trigger to other wars afterward. Santa Ana troops from Mexico won the battle of the Alamo but lose the battle of San Jacinto. After that, Texas gain independence for 8 years. The United States helped Texas and had a positive view toward Texas that was a cause of the Mexican-American war. The political disagreement about slavery was even worse because there were many slaves in Texas already in cotton plantation. This was against the north because they need Texas to be a free soil. But if allow slavery in Texas, this would become a large slave state. A big movement of

The Texans under Houston took the defeat at the Alamo defeat and saw it as an opportunity to rise up against their oppressor.