Key Terms & Vocabulary Words
A Texan of Spanish or Mexican descent
What is a Tejano
Economic and social divisions between
What is rich and poor
Known as the "Father of Texas"
Who is Stephen F. Austin
The first Spanish mission in East Texas
San Francisco de los Tejas
The year that Mexico finally gained their independence from Spain
What is 1821
A Spanish person from Mexico
What is a Creole
This group enjoyed all benefits in Spanish Texas EXCEPT participating in Lawmaking
What is a Creole
The first person to get permission to settle Americans in Texas
Who is Moses Austin
The Spanish sent troops to destroy it and to establish missions throughout East Texas
What is Fort St. Louis
Texas was combined with this state to form ______ y Tejas
What is Coahuila
A fort built to house soldiers who protect Spanish settlers
What is a Presidio
A mixed race of Native and Spanish descent
What is a Mestizo
The Nickname of the first group of settlers Stephen F. Austin brought to Texas
What is "The Old Three Hundred"
Known as the Father of the lower Rio Grande Valley
Jose de Escandon
Wrote the Mexican Constitution of 1824
Who are the Federalist
A Catholic priest who belongs to a religious group
What is a friar
This INSPIRED Mexico to pursue their independence
What is the American Revolution
The only Empresario to establish Texas Colony of mostly Mexican settlers
Who is Martin de Leon
The reason some Natives chose to live at the missions
What is protection from enemies
Mexico did not separate church and state, but instead installed this as its national religion
What is The Roman Catholic Church
Built to educate Natives and Convert them to Catholicism
What is a mission
He issued the "Grito de Dolores" which started the Mexican Revolutionary War
Who is Father Miguel Hildago
Led by Haden Edwards, this was the first attempt by a Texas colony to seek independence from Mexico
What is the Fredonian Rebellion
The work, trades, and crafts Native Americans did at the missions
What is tending livestock, farming, or learning a trade
The purpose of the Colonization laws of 1825 was to govern how _________________ would be colonized
What is Coahuila y Tejas