Spanish Colonial Pt. 1
This was established to cultivate the land and raise livestock.
Rancho
This was a person who was tasked at bringing settlers from America to Texas
A majority of those living in Texas in 1830 were ____________________
Former Americans
This was established to spread the Catholic religion and teach the Natives the Spanish way of life
Mission
Mexico
This era in Texas History is characterized by missions, presidios, converting Natives to Catholicism, and teaching Natives the Spanish way of life
Spanish Colonial Era
This term refers to the first few hundred families who settled in Texas under Stephen F. Austin
The first attempt by Texas settlers to secede, or leave, Mexico was the ___________ ___________
This was built to protect Spanish settlements from Native American and European attacks
Presidio
I was an empresario who was the first man ever granted permission by the Mexican government to settle Anglos in Texas
Moses Austin
This was a war cry issued by Father Francisco Hidalgo that declared war against Spain
Grito de Dolores
I was the first empresario to actually settle the first families in Texas at San Felipe
Stephen F. Austin
What was the on the Texian flag that was displayed to the Mexican forces outside of Gonzales Texas?
"Come and Take It"
What were the two reasons that the Spanish established missions in Texas?
2. To convert the Natives to Catholicism
This era of Texas history was characterized by empresarios bringing settlers from America to Texas
Mexican National Era
This mission was created in 1718 and was situated alongside the San Antonio River
Mission San Antonio de Valero
Why did the Mexican government establish the Empresario system?
To increase the population of Texas and to develop the area
What were the three things that General Mier y Teran observed during his journey in Texas
1. Mexican influence decreased northward
2. Anglo settlers outnumbered Tejanos 10 to 1
3. Differences in language and culture created tension between colonists and Mexicans
What are the three reasons that Vaqueros are important to Texas History?
1. They brought horses from Spain
2. They embraced the cowboy culture from Mexico
3. Their traditions were adopted by the American cowboys
State Colonization Law of 1825
1. Spanish is still spoken today
2. Catholicism is still practiced in Texas today
3. City names like San Antonio, Amarillo, Goliad, Corpus Christi
4. Food, music, culture
5. Missions still stand in Texas today
What was the main reason for the colonization of Mexican Texas by Anglo Americans?
To make money growing cash crops like cotton on inexpensive land
What were at least 3 things that the Law of April 6th, 1830 stated?
•stopped all immigration from the United States
•terminated all Anglo empresario contracts
•outlawed bringing slaves to Texas
•increased tariffs on imported goods from the United States
•established military posts in Texas
Name three missionaries who came to Texas to spread the Catholic religion
1. Father Francisco Hidalgo
2. Damian Massanet
3. Antonio Margil de Jesus
What were at least 3 guarantees of the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824?
•established courts and a two-house legislature
•allowed voters to elect representatives
•designated Catholicism as the official religion
•created the new state of Coahuila y Tejas
•gave limited power to the central government
•gave broad power to the states
•divided power among three branches of government