Empresario
This "Father of Texas" Took over his fathers Colonization plan and lead the Old Three Hundred to settle between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers.
Stephen F. Austin
These military adventurers entered Texas to try to free it from Spanish rule and increased Spanish suspicion of U.S. intentions.
Filibusters
The Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 created a republic modeled after this nation's constitution.
USA
He issued the Grito de Dolores in 1810 and began the Mexican War for Independence.
Father Miguel Hidalgo
Signs reading "G.T.T." on a door meant this person had done this.
This empresario and his wife settled mainly Mexican families near present-day Victoria and founded the town of Victoria.
Martín De León
This filibuster led the Gutiérrez–Magee expedition that proclaimed Texas independent and captured La Bahía and Nacogdoches.
José Gutiérrez de Lara
This constitution merged Coahuila and Texas into one state called Coahuila y Tejas.
What is the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824?
This San Antonio political leader notified Moses Austin that his petition to start a colony was approved and later aided Stephen F. Austin.
Erasmo Seguín
The major reason for the population increase in Texas between 1800 and 1840
Anglo settlers arriving from the United States. When Mexico gained independence in 1821 and the introduction of the empresario system
Under the State Colonization Law of 1825, each head of household was granted this many acres (approx.) in exchange for a small fee
4428 Acres
This 1813 battle south of San Antonio resulted in the defeat of the Gutiérrez–Magee expedition but encouraged further rebellion against Spain.
Battle of Medina
Under the Plan of Iguala and Treaty of Córdoba, Mexico gained independence in this year.
1821
This former doctor organized an army to invade Texas, proclaimed Texas independent at times, and was defeated by Spanish forces
José Gutiérrez de Lara
After Mexico abolished slavery, Texas was given a temporary exception and settlers did this, which caused the number of slaves to increase.
Brought slaves to Texas to work cotton plantations
This was a requirement for settlers under Mexican colonization laws: convert to this religion
Catholicism
Name the U.S. citizen and filibuster who entered Texas, was suspected by Spanish authorities, arrested, and later killed (he once entered with permission but later crossed without permission).
Philip Nolan
Name one of the three guarantees in the Plan of Iguala
immediate independence, Catholicism as official religion, or equal rights for Spanish citizens.
Name the American businessman who was the first person granted permission to bring settlers from the United States to Texas but died before carrying out his full plan
Moses Austin
Give two effects of the Mexican Constitution and colonization laws on Texas settlement
They created Coahuila y Tejas and allowed empresarios to recruit settlers; they granted land and tax exemptions to encourage immigration.
Name the empresario who settled families in Gonzales along the Guadalupe River and whose colony issued one of the earliest forms of Texas currency.
Green DeWitt
After the Adams–Onís Treaty of 1819, this filibuster — angry that Texas had been lost to Spain under the treaty — organized an expedition and was later killed while seeking military support.
James Long
The State Colonization Law of 1825 offered settlers tax exemption for this many years.
10 Years
Explain briefly why wealthy people in Mexico joined with the poor (via Iturbide) to seek independence from Spain
They feared reforms from the new Spanish government would reduce wealthy Mexicans' privileges, so they joined the revolt to take control and preserve their interests.
Name the treaty and the year that formally ended Mexican rule over Texas and explain (in one sentence) how it affected settlement in Texas.
What is the Treaty of Córdoba, 1821? It recognized Mexico's independence from Spain, after which Mexico created colonization laws that opened Texas to increased settlement.