Takeovers
1519-1521: Hernan Cortez conquered these INNOVATIVE indigenous people.
What is the Aztec.
1810: Words spoken by Father Hidalgo to rise up against Spain.
What is Grito de Delores.
The act of adding new territory.
What is annexation.
Sam Houston was a popular ________ who brought American settlers to Texas.
What is Empasario.
1835: Battle when 2 Spanish soldiers lost their life over a cannon.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto
1836: Announced Texas' independence.
What is the Declaration of Independence of the Republic of Texas.
The act of Withdrawal going into a policy or solitude
What is Secession.
A rebellion from the Anglos in putting up armed resistance to the government of Mexico
What is Texas Revolution.
1571: Francisco Pizarro conquered the HIGHLY known indigenous people.
What is the Inca.
1848: Agreement that Mexico will give the United States millions of acres of land in acceptance of $15 million.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo.
the rights and powers held by individual US states rather than by the federal government.
What is States Rights.
They were pro-slavery and wrote the Declaration of Causes.
What is Confederates.
What is Texas Settlers
The right of citizens of the United States to vote shall not be denied or abridged by the United States or by any State on account of race, color, or previous condition of servitude.
What is the 15th Amendment.
1861-1865: This war was North Vs. South
What is the Civil War.
1828: A report stating the conflict growing between American Settlers and Mexican Natives.
What is the Mier y Terán Report.
The vocation or calling of a religious organization, especially a Christian one, to go out into the world and spread its faith.
What is Mission.
Neither slavery nor involuntary servitude, except as a punishment for crime whereof the party shall have been duly convicted, shall exist within the United States, or any place subject to their jurisdiction
What is the 13th Amendment.
1836: A 13 day siege at a popular mission. (Also a movie)
What is the Battle of the Alamo.
1848: A concept that stated "Americans were destined to grow and spread it's ideals of democracy and freedom.
What is the Manifest Destiny.
Loyalty to one's own region or section of the country, rather than to the country as a whole.
What is Sectionalism.
All persons born or naturalized in the United States . . . are citizens of the United States and of the state wherein they reside. No state shall make or enforce any law which shall abridge the privileges or immunities of citizens of the United States; nor shall any state deprive any person of life, liberty, or property, without due process of law; nor deny to any person within its jurisdiction the equal protection of the laws.
What is the 14th Amendment.