People
Who is the Father of Mexican Independence?
Father Miguel Hidalgo
"A person who engages in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country."
Fillibuster
The joining of Texas Y Coahuila
Merger of Texas Y Coahuila
Who is the Father of Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
A major source of political tension in the era because many Texans ignored laws about it.
Slavery
Who is the leader of the Mexican Republic Army?
De Lara
"To be free of an outside country"
Independence
Guidelines written in 1824 for the new country of Mexico
The Mexican Constitution of 1824
Who is Stephen F. Austin's father?
Moses Austin
What religion did the Mexican Constitution of 1824 say every citizen had to practice?
Catholic
This person captured a prison in Delores, sparking the Mexican Revolution
Hidalgo
"The joining together of 2 things" Example: Texas Y Coahuila
Merger
Bloodiest battle in Texas in which the Republican Army was overwhelmingly defeated by Spanish Royalists
The Battle of Medina
This person settled 166 families near present day Gonzales.
Green DeWitt
The establishing of the Empresario system belongs in which era?
Mexican National/Rule Era
This person settled Mexican families in Texas in the 1820's and founded the town of Victoria
Martin de Leon
"Basic rules and guidelines a country will follow"
Constitution
What happened after Hidalgo captured the prison at Delores?
He was captured, executed, and his head was placed on a pole to discourage others from rebelling.
This person settled 300 families in the Austin colony.
Stephen F. Austin
How were De Leon's settlements different from the other Empresarios?
He settled Mexican families instead of American families
This person was the first to receive a grant from the Spanish to settle families in Texas
Moses Austin
"A person who has been granted permission to bring settlers to Texas"
Empresario
Mexico was under control of what nation before it won its independence?
Spain
This person located the land for the Austin colony & guided Stephen F. Austin there.
Erasmo Seguin
Why did Spain want Austin to settle Texas?
To increase the population