Conflict with Mexico. Stephen Austin owned land in Texas, passed down from his father He led a group of 300 Americans to Texas to start a small colony.
Completing the Picture The continued growth of the United States.
Westward Expansion and the Mexican-American War Unit 6, Lesson 1.
Manifest Destiny and Its Legacy. Trends in Antebellum America: 1810-1860 1.New intellectual and religious movements. 2.Social reforms. 3.Beginnings.
“The USA will conquer Mexico, but it will be as the man swallows arsenic…Mexico will poison us.” –Ralph Waldo Emerson 1846.
