Vocabulary
People
People
Facts and Main Ideas
Facts and Main Ideas
100
revolution
What is an organized fight against the government?
100
Moses Austin
Who is an American businessman that traveled from Missouri to San Antonio to ask the Spanish govenor for permission to start a colony?
100
Martin de Leon
Who was the man that founded the town of Victoria?
100
Anglo Americans did not speak the language and most settlers did not want to become Roman Catholic.
What is the problems American settlers had with Mexican laws?
100
Many Mexicans were tired of unfair laws and taxes.
What is the reason a revolution took place in Mexico?
200
immigrant
What is a person who comes to live in a new region or country?
200
Stephen F. Austin
Who is the son of Moses Austin, who carried out his plan after the death of his father?
200
Lorenzo de Zavala
Who was the man that helped write the constitution of the Republic of Texas and was its firts vice president?
200
The colonist discussed the problems they had with the Mexican government?
What is the reason why the colonists held conventions?
200
They traded cattle for needed supplies.
What are the contributions of vaqueros?
300
empresario
What is a person who brought settlers into a colony, divided up the land, and enforced the law?
300
Jane Long
Who is known today as "The Mother of Texas"?
300
Patricia de la Garza de Leon
Who was the woman that started a school in a colony in Texas that was almost entirely Mexican?
300
To discuss the colonists' plans for Texas with Mexican leaders.
What is the reason Stephen F. Austin went to Mexico?
300
October 1832
What is the month and year colonists met in San Felipe de Austin?
400
militia
What is a group of volunteer soldiers?
400
Father Miguel Hildalgo
Who is the person who gave a speech remembered as "el grito de Dolores"?
400
Erasmo Seguin
Who was the man that served many years as postmaster for San Antonio?
400
The Old 300
Who were the first 297 families to settle in Stephen F. Austin's Texas colony?
400
El grito de Dolores
What is the speech given by Father Miguel Hildalgo?
500
cash crops
What is crops that are grown to be sold at a market?
500
Gail Borden
Who was a publisher and inventor that became famous for inventing condensed milk?
500
Antonio Maria Martinez
Who was the Spanish govenor that agreed that American businessmen could start a colony?
500
The law allowed very few U.S. citizens and no slaves to immigrate to Texas?
What is the reason Texans opposed the Law of April 6?
500
3 years
What is the length of time Stephen F. Austin spent in a Mexican prison?
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