Newsletter - 3rd Nine Weeks 

7th Grade TEXAS HISTORY

Texas Becomes a State

January 8,, 2025

What are we doing this 3rd 9 Weeks?! So far we know about Texas geography, the four regions of Texas, and American Indians: Karankawas, Caddo, and Comanches. We discovered Spanish and French explorers like Cabeza de Vaca and LaSalle, and Spanish missions and Empresarios such as Moses Austin and Stephen F. Austin.

The 2nd 9 weeks we learned of people, events and issues leading to the Texas Revolution, including the siege of the Alamo and Battle of San Jacinto. You discovered Sam Houston, the former Governor of Texas, for whom Houston is named after, and Mirabeau Lamar, the 2nd president of the Republic of Texas, after Sam Houston.

This 3rd 9 Weeks we will understand how Texas became the 28th state in 1845, the impact of Mexican-U.S. War, the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo, and the Abolitionists movement. 

We will learn how the United States expanded westward with the permission of President James K. Polk in what was called Manifest Destiny.  

We will know the Mexican Cession, and causes and events leading to the Civil War, including the institution of slavery, sectionalism, and states’ rights. We will know the difference between the Union and Confederacy during the Civil War, as well as the leaders and presidents that impacted society.

Lastly, we will identify why different immigrant groups came to Texas and where they settled, including the rebuilding of the Union after the Civil War.