Dr. Thomas R. Maddux

I.  End of the Spanish empire in the Southwest

A.  Spanish reorganization and decline

B.  California

C.  The American threat: Florida, Louisiana, Texas

1. West Florida: invitation to American settlers

2. Daniel Boone in Louisiana

3. Texas colonization

4. American explorers and trade

D.  Spanish loss of control and independence impact

II. Mexico and the Borderlands, 1821-1846

A. Centralism vs. Federalism

B. Collapse of missions and presidios

1. Secularization vs. Franciscans

2. Mission land and Indios

3. Indian raiders: Comanches, Apaches, Navajos