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
What was the nickname for the family's who traveled with Austin to Texas
The old 300
"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
Who was the first Filibuster who captured Spanish territory to claim for his own?
Philip Nolan
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
What are some adaptations that settling Texans made to their home to combat the Texas climate?
Open air homes
Log Cabins
Central Breezeways
Why did the settlers of Texas want to rebel against Mexico?
Disagreements about various Mexican Law's mainly (Catholicism, and Slavery)
This person settled 300 families in the Austin colony.
Stephen F. Austin
What region of Texas where most colonies located in?
Costal Plains
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
What year did Texas declare independence from Mexico?
March 2nd 1836
This person located the land for the Austin colony & guided Stephen F. Austin there.
Erasmo Seguin
Biggest motivator as to why people wanted to migrate to Texas
Affordable land and low tax payments