People
He was an Empresario who brought 300 families to settle in Texas. Due to his success, the Mexican government allowed more settlers to move in.
Who is Stephan F. Austin?
The purpose of this document was to state all of the reasons that Texas wanted to separate from Mexico. They wanted independence!
Texas Declaration of Independence
Mexican General
Santa Anna
The 1st president of the Republic of Texas who signed the Treaty of Velasco with Santa Anna.
David G. Burnett
Raising animals and growing crops for food; farming.
Agriculture
The beginning of the revolution!
Mexican soldiers went to take back a cannon they had given to the Texans years before. Texans refused to give back the cannon but hung a banner over it that read "Come & Take It".
Texas wins!
Battle of Gonzales
The commanding officer of the Texians at the Battle of the Alamo.
William B. Travis
The document signed after the Battle of San Jacinto granting Texas its INDEPENDENCE!
The Treaty of Velasco
Leader of the Texians at the Battle of San Jacinto
Sam Houston
What is the EFFECT -
CAUSES: Mexican government ...
1. imposed taxes on the Texans.
2. forced them to convert to Catholicism
3. imposed the Law of April 6, 1830
4. arrested Stephen F. Austin
The Texas Revolution begins with the Battle of Golnzales.
A group of land lords that chose to settle in the Gulf Coastal Plains region of Texas because of economic opportunities there such as farming, ranching and fishing. These land lords divided up the land for the settlers
empresarios
About 200 Texians were defending a mission in San Antonio. The Texians held back the Mexicans for 13 days. On March 6, 1836, Santa Anna & the Mexican army attacked the mission from all 4 sides and defeated and killed almost everyone inside.
Mexico wins.
The Battle of the Alamo
The first 300 families that moved to Texas, settling along the Brazos and Columbia rivers which provided the families with water and good soil for farming and ranching, (agriculture).
The Old Three Hundred
This document created a government for the new Republic of Texas with 3 branches of government and laws to protect the rights and beliefs of the people living there.
Constitution of the Republic of Texas (1836)
The lone woman survivor at the Alamo
Susanna Dickinson
The town in which the Old 300 built a community. Within 4 years they built a hotel, a blacksmith shop, 3 stores, and 40-50 cabins.
San Felipe de Austin
A formal agreement between two countries at the end of a revolution or war.
treaty
Texians fled Eastwards to the safety of the US as Santa Anna's troops torched their homes and settlements.
The Runaway Scrape
He encouraged the development of the cattle industry in Texas. This in turn, helped the Texas economy by increasing the number of cattle ranches and bringing more money into Texas.
Martin de Leon
In response to the Texas colonists ignoring Mexican laws to convert to Catholicism, speaking Spanish and adapting to their culture, the Mexican government passed this law to slow down the immigration of Anglo Americans to Mexican Texas, issuing taxes, and ending slavery.
Law of April 6, 1830
Texas commander at Goliad - under orders from Sam Houston, he blew up the fort at Goliad.
The 3rd president of the Republic of Texas, after whom our school district is named
Mirabeau Lamar
To leave the battle and not fight.
retreat
Texans and Mexicans crossed paths on the way to Victoria. About 400 Texians were taken out to a prairie and executed.
Mexico wins.
The Goliad Massacre
She was called, "Mother of Texas".
Who is Jane Long?
Who sent a letter asking for help from the Alamo to the people of Texas while surrounded by the Mexican army?
The letter was sent by William B. Travis
Commander at the Battle of the Alamo who got sick and could not fight in the battle there.
James Bowie
Why did the Mexican government allow settlers in Texas?
To protect the area from US control.
The surrounding of a place by enemy forces trying to capture it.
siege
Texans ambushed Mexicans troops, surprising them as they rested. Mexican soldiers surrendered less than 20 minutes after the fight began. 500+ Mexican soldiers died. Santa Anna was captured.
Texas wins!
The Texas Revolution ends with Santa Anna’s guarantee to allow Texas to become a republic, and send Mexican troops behind the Rio Grande river. The Treaties of Velasco were signed
The Battle of San Jacinto