People
He is considered "the Father of Texas" for his work in establishing the first Anglo American colony and then helping to form the Republic.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
The state this course is concerned with.
What is Texas?
The first Natives arrived in America around this date.
What is 11,000 B.C.?
A span of years that might be named for a particular trend or pattern of events.
What is an era?
These were founded to teach the Natives about Spanish Catholicism and culture.
What is a mission?
He was sent by the Spanish King Charles III to inspect the norther frontier of Spain.
Who is Rubi?
What are Spain and France?
Hernan Cortes landed in what is now Mexico in this year.
What is 1519?
A person who lives by hunting and gathering food, rather than growing it.
What is a hunter-gatherer?
This person was believed to have the power to summon spirits and heal the sick.
Who is a shaman?
He was a Spanish priest who called for an uprising against the Spanish which sparked to Mexican War of Independence.
Who was Hidalgo y Costilla?
These are the only two settlements the Spanish kept in operation after 1773.
What are San Antonio and Goliad?
La Salle led an expedition to create a colony in Texas in this year.
What is 1684?
A Spanish soldier-explorer who sought personal riches and power, as well as wealth and glory for Spain, in the conquest of the Americas.
What is a conquistador?
Texas is known for these natural resources.
What are oil, coal, and cattle?
He was a young noble who was sent to New Spain to explore and govern it. He devoted a significant portion of his life to finding Cibola, the city of gold.
Who is Coronado?
This is where the Native Americans came to North America from.
What is Asia?
The Treaty of Cordoba, which declared Mexico's independence from Spain, was signed in this year.
What is 1821?
A Spanish colonial fort or a military outpost
What is a presidio?
Soldiers were required to buy these things from their generals.
What are uniforms and guns?
This Native American Tribe is known for its grass houses and ceremonial mounds. We get the word "Texas" from their language.
What is the Caddo Tribe?
This state (along with much more than the state it's named for) was purchased by John Adams from the French.
Louisiana
The State Colonization Law of this year outlined requirements for Americans who hoped to settle Texas and incentivized others to come.
What is 1825?
A land agent whose job it was to bring new settlers into an area.
What is an empressario?
Who is one empresario other than Stephen F. Austin?