Empresarios
He was the first empresario
Who was Stephen F. Austin?
A white person living in the United States who is not Hispanic
What is an Anglo-American?
The dictator during the Texas revolution.
Who was Santa Anna?
The commander-in-chief of the Texas military.
Who was Sam Houston?
The Spanish word for a land agent whose job was to bring new settlers into an area.
What was an empresario?
Someone who travels to unclaimed territory to settle.
What is a pioneer?
The father of Texas.
Who was Stephen F. Austin?
The party that favored a an imediate decleration of independence form Mexico.
What was the war Party?
Given a land grant to settle 400 families next to Austin's original colony.
Who was Green DeWitt?
The Spanish term for cowboy.
What is a vaquero?
Expressed concern about the influence of America on Texas during an inspection.
Who was General Teran?
The Party just commited to fighting Santa Anna's rule.
What was the peace party?
Settled 41 Mexican families.
Who was Martin de Leon?
A group of citizens acting as a military force.
What is a militia?
Created the Fredonian Rebellion
Who were the Edwards brothers?
The two men who were arrested at Anahuac.
Who were William B. Travis and Patrick C. Jack?
The first 300 families in Austin's settlement.
Who were the old three hundred?
To measure the boundaries of something, such as land.
What is a survey?
He issued the cry of Dolores
Who was Father Hidalgo?
Why did people come to Texas?
For cheap land and to escape debt