DATES
DOCUMENTS
PEOPLE
SOCIAL STUDIES TERMS
Regions/Tribes
100
What is the significance of the year 1519?
Pineda maps the Texas Coastline
100
What did the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo state? (at least 2)
1. Rio Grande is official border between Texas and Mexico
2. Mexico gives up claim to the land known as the "Mexican Cession"
3. Ends the Mexican-American War
4. Mexican citizens that lived in the Mexican Cession can choose to stay and become American citizens
100
Who is Stephen F Austin?
He was the first Empresario to bring the first 300 Anglo families to Texas
100
Annexation means_
To join an existing territory
100
Region home to Dallas
Coastal Plains
200
What year did Texas gain their independence from Mexico?
1836
200
Document that solved the issue of Texas debt and slavery in the new territories.
Compromise of 1850
200
I wrote the famous "Victory or Death" letter
William. B. Travis
200
Social studies term that means "to give freedom'"
Emancipation
200
Plains tribes:bison::Gulf tribes: ___________
Seafood
300
1821 is significant in Texas history because...
It was the year that Mexico got its independence from Spain
300
What document had to be rewritten in 1876 after the Civil war to remove slavery and include new amendments?
Texas Constitution
300
What was George Childress' contribution in Texas History?
He wrote the Texas declaration of Independence
300
Term that means "the right to vote"
Suffrage
300
Describe the elevation as you travel east to west across Texas
Elevation increases
400
What is the significance of 1718
The year San Antonio was founded
400
Why did Mexico pass the State Colonization Law of 1825? What did it create?
They needed to populate Texas, it created the Empresario system to bring Anglo families to settle Texas.
400
Which Texas Republic president sought to expand Texas and push the tribes out?
Mirabeau Lamar
400
What does the word legislation mean?
It means a Law
400
Why were the Plains tribes nomadic?
They had to follow the bison herds
500
Texas annexation
1845
500
-Set up a republic form of government
-Set catholicism as official religion
-Created state of Coahuila y Tejas
Mexican Constitution of 1824
500
I was a Texas Governor and served as the President of Texas A&M University
Lawrence Sullivan Ross
500
Social studies term that means to "separate from an existing territory"
Secede/Secession
500
Name the culture group and region shown in the painting
Gulf tribe in the coastal plains