Vocabulary
One supported a strong central government and the other supported a weaker central government with strong states rights.
What is a Federalist and what is a Centralist?
The man that traveled to Mexico City to meet with the new "Federalist" president of Mexico about proposed changes in Tejas?
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
The rebellion that led the Mexican government to believe that the United States was attempting to take Tejas away from Mexico.
What is the Fredonia Rebellion?
The reason why there were already people located on Haden Edwards land when he got there.
What is Gil Y' Barbo had brought settlers there decades earlier and these were their descendants?
The changes that were made in Tejas starting on April 6, 1830 because of the Fredonia Rebellion.
What are: the Texans had to start paying taxes, Mexican troops moved into Tejas, less Anglo Americans would allowed to move into Tejas, Texans had to start trading more with the rest of Mexico and less with the United States?
It means to bring in goods from other countries.
What does import mean?
The man who claimed to be a Federalist but turned out to be a Centralist and came to power in Mexico by overthrowing Anastacio Bustamante.
Who is Santa Anna?
The name of the state/country that was created by Haden Edwards after his Nacogdoches land grant did not work out like he planned.
What is the Republic of Fredonia?
The reason why General Cos was arresting everyone in Tejas that disagreed with the Mexcian government.
What is Santa Anna (General Cos brother-in-law) was really a Centralist and not a Federalist like he claimed to be?
The group that was in charge of Mexico for MOST of the 1820's.
Who are the Federalists?
It's another word for taxes.
What does "duties" mean?
The man who was a delegate at the Convention of 1833 to determine the proposals that would be presented to the new Mexican president.
Who is Sam Houston?
The place where Stephen F. Austin had to wait to meet with the Mexican government because of a cholera outbreak and later was imprisoned.
What is Mexico City?
The reason why Stephen F. Austin believed that his proposals to the Mexican government would be approved.
What is Stephen F. Austin had a good relationship with the Mexican government and the things he had asked for before were approved.
The proposals that Stephen F. Austin assumed that Santa Anna would approve since Santa Anna was a Federalist.
What is: Texans do not need to pay taxes, Anglo Americans can start moving back into Tejas, Tejas can be its own state separate from Coahuila?
It is a minor fight, usually during a time of war.
What is a skirmish?
The Texas lawyer that kept getting arrested for stirring up trouble in Tejas.
Who is William B. Travis?
The location where the first skirmish occurred between the Anglo Americans in Tejas and the Mexicans.
Where is Anahuac?
The reason why the Anglo Americans were complaining to John (Juan) Bradburn at the Mexican fort in Anahuac.
What is the Mexican government did not outlaw slavery in Tejas and they were forcing them to pay taxes but the Texans believed that some rules/laws did not apply to them?
The one proposal that Santa Anna did not agree upon but Stephen F. Austin assumed that he would and the cause of Stephen F. Austin getting arrested.
What is Tejas becoming a state separate from Coahuila?
It is the buying and selling of goods or services.
What does "commerce" mean?
The brother-in-law of the president of Mexico that kept arresting people in Tejas that disagreed with the Mexican president.
Who is General Cos?
The location of the meeting to determine whether or not the Texans would go to war against Mexico or declare peace with Mexico.
The reason why Stephen F. Austin supported the War Party during the Convention that was held to determine whether or not the Texans would go to war against Mexico.
What is Stephen F. Austin believed Santa Anna was a dictator?
The name of the treaty that signed in Anahuac that called for peace after the minor skirmish occurred between the Anglo American Texans and the Mexicans.
What are the Turtle Bay Resolutions?