Sections 1 & 2
Irish settlers continued to come to Texas after the Revolution, seeking economic opportunity. Who encouraged this immigration in his 1841 book, Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas?
William Kennedy
Immigrants from the American South often brought African American slaves with them to Texas. Many slaveholders were drawn to the Republic because the Constitution of 1836 ensured that slavery was legal. With the increase in U.S. immigration, the number of slaves in Texas rose from some 5,000 in 1836 to at least how many by 1845?
30,000
In March 1845 the prince and a group of settlers established what settlement along the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers?
New Braunfels
Who was a hero of the revolution and mayor of San Antonio from 1840 to 1842, who witnessed several conflicts between Tejanos and U.S. settlers?
Juan Seguín
In 1842 a group of German businesspeople formed what? Its members hoped to make a profit by encouraging Germans to settle in Texas.
German Emigration Company
What did Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach change his name to?
John O. Meusebach
Hoping to encourage immigration, the Republic of Texas set up a land grant policy modeled after the what?
Empresario System
Who did the company sent to Texas in 1844 followed by a group of peasants and craftspeople after acquiring land in the Hill Country? Once in Texas, he established a port for incoming settlers
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels
he Constitution of 1836 required free African Americans to get permission from Congress to stay in the Republic. In 1840 Congress outlawed the immigration of free African Americans to Texas. Free African Americans already in the Republic would have to leave within two years or be sold into slavery. Who was a veteran who was also being forced to leave even though he had major contributions to Texas?
Greenbury Logan
A former alcalde, had contacted officials in Mexico who wanted to drive all Anglos out of Texas. With a small group of Tejano and Indian allies, he took up arms in the what? This was a revolt for Tejanos to be treated equally and to not be seen as an "enemy."
Córdova Rebellion
Irish settlers had come to Texas long before it was a republic. During the 1820s several Irishmen had received empresario contracts. In fact one Irish empresario, had accompanied Stephen F. Austin on his first trip to Texas in 1821. Who was that man?
James Hewetson
In search of land and economic opportunities the largest group of new immigrants to the Republic came from where?
United States
What was the renamed port that Prince Carl established ?
Indianola
Who was a wealthy business owner, who had to deal with repeated attempts by other townspeople to take his property and constant prejudice from his neighbors? Although he had the resources to challenge his persecutors in court, other free African Americans did not.
William Goyens
Who was the largest group of European immigrants to Texas? They had first come in the early 1830s.
Germans
When Prince Carl returned home two months later from his expedition, who replaced him?
Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach
What document gave land to many of the people who had lived in Texas before the Revolution?
Constitution of 1836
What was the German Emigration Company also called?
Adelsverein
Who were the people who were drawn to the new republic because of the legalization of slavery? They owned and had broad control over slaves.
Slaveholders
Several thousand Tejanos also lived in the Republic. Tejanos often faced hostility, particularly from U.S. immigrants. These immigrants saw the Tejanos as Mexican, and they thought of Mexico as an enemy.Who was a former alcalde, and in 1838 led a group of Tejanos in Nacogdoches because of their mistreatment?
Vicente Córdova
In 1840 Texas and France signed a treaty that encouraged French immigration. A few years later, who brought one of the first groups of French settlers to Texas?
Henri Castro
Agents received land grants in return for bringing immigrants and establishing settlements in the Republic. The government’s land policy sparked an increase in immigration to Texas, and the population grew by leaps and bounds. From 1836 to 1847, the population of Texas increased by nearly how much?
100,000
What was the port that Prince Carl established called by the Germans?
Karlshafen
1840 Congress outlawed the immigration of free African Americans to Texas.The law outraged many Texans. In November 1840, three petitions were presented to Congress on behalf of a family. In response, Congress passed the what act, which allowed the family and all free African Americans who were in Texas at the time of the Texas Declaration of Independence to stay?
Ashworth Act
A few Tejanos held positions of power in the San Antonio area, such as who? He was a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence and served in the Republic’s Congress and worked to protect Tejano rights.
José Antonio Navarro