Mier y Teran Report
This Mexican general wrote an 1828 report warning that Texas was becoming too “American.”
Who is Manuel de Mier y Terán?
The Law of April 6, 1830 was passed by this country to keep better control of Texas.
What is Mexico?
The Battle of Gonzales is known as the first battle of this 1835–1836 conflict.
What is the Texas Revolution?
The Battle of the Alamo took place during this larger conflict between Texas and Mexico.
What is the Texas Revolution?
This hobby involves borrowing stories from a library and turning pages.
What is reading?
Mier y Terán warned that the influence of this country was growing rapidly in Texas.
What is the United States?
One major part of the law stopped immigration from this country into Texas.
What is the United States?
The famous slogan on the Texan flag at Gonzales challenged Mexican troops with these four words.
What is “Come and Take It”?
This Mexican general led the assault on the Alamo in 1836.
Who is Santa Anna?
A popular outdoor hobby, it involves casting a line into water to catch dinner—or maybe just relax.
What is fishing?
Mier y Terán noted that the Anglo-American population in Texas greatly outnumbered these settlers...
Mexicans
To reduce U.S. influence, the law placed taxes on goods coming from this country.
What is the U.S. (or the United States)?
The Battle of Gonzales began when Mexican soldiers tried to take back this object they had loaned the settlers.
What is a small cannon?
When Santa Anna raised this before the battle of the Alamo, it signaled he meant NO MERCY and wasn't going to take any prisoners.
What is a red flag?
This hobby combines soil, seeds, and sunshine to grow vegetables, flowers, or houseplants.
What is gardening?
Concerns raised in the Mier y Terán Report directly helped lead to this 1830 Mexican law restricting immigration and trade.
What is the Law of April 6, 1830?
The law encouraged this type of immigration to Texas instead of Anglo-American settlement.
What is Mexican or European immigration?
This is the Mexican dictator that ordered the canon to be returned to Mexico.
Who is Santa Anna?
This is the amount of days it took for the Mexican Army to finally defeat the Texan army at the Alamo.
What is 13 days?
Often requiring a camera or smartphone, this hobby captures moments, scenery, or people—sometimes professionally.
What is photography?
Mier y Terán advised (recommended) Mexico to increase what in the Texas?
Troops
This earlier document—written by a Mexican general—helped inspire the Law of April 6, 1830 because it warned that Texas was becoming too “American.”
What is the Mier y Terán Report?
This is the year the Battle of Gonzales happened.
What is 1835?
This became the rallying cry for the Texan army after the battle of the Alamo. It was screamed and yelled before many other battles.
What is "Remember the Alamo!"?
Originating in 19th-century Japan, this hobby involves cultivating miniature trees whose shapes are meticulously controlled through wiring, pruning, and environmental stress—an art form often mistaken for a single species but actually practiced with dozens of varieties.
What is bonsai?