Filibusters
What is a filibuster?
An adventurer from a foreign country that engages in rebellious activity
Father Hidalgo's speech, El Grito, started which event?
Mexican Revolution
What is an empresario?
Businessmen who were given land by the Mexican government to bring settlers.
Who was Erasmo Seguin?
He Located land for the first Anglo colony
What is a constitution?
A framework of laws and principles used in the formation of a new government
What did Texas's filibusters believe about Texas?
That it should be independent from Spain
what was the purpose of the Gutierrez Magee expedition?
To continue the rebellion started by Father Hidalgo
what did Stephen F. Austin accomplish?
founded the first large Anglo American colony in Texas
Which group of people increased the population of Northern Mexico? (Anglo Americans/ Mexicans/ Both)
Mexicans
What was Gutierrez de Lara's contribution to the American Revolution?
He opened the port of New Orleans to American ships
Coastal Plains
What was the result of the merging of Coahuila y Tejas after the Mexican Constitution of 1824?
This Territory experience political tensions
Moral character, Mexican Citizenship and Catholic Religion were all requirements for what?
To settle in Texas
Which group of people increased the population of Texas? (Mexican/ Anglo American / Both)
Anglo American
What is a Tejano?
A unique cultural blending of Spanish and American traditions
What was the militia that Stephen F. Austin formed against the Karankawa?
The Texas Rangers
What happened to the Territory of Texas as a result of the Mexican Constitution of 1824?
Texas became Coahuila y Tejas
How did the Colonization Law of 1825 help develop Texas?
It continued the empresario system
Which group of people received land grants in Texas? (Mexicans/ Anglo Americans / both)
Both
What is a revolution?
A foreceable overthrow of the gorvernment
Which filibuster thought Texas should be a part of the United States?
Philip Nolan
What did Agustin de Iturbide promise the Mexican people in his plan of Iguala?
Mexican people would be free from Spain with qual rights
What was the difference between the Green DeWitt colonies and the Martin DeLeon Colonies?
Martin DeLeon settled Mexican families and DeWitt settled Anglo American families
Enslaved African Americans were brought to Texas
What effect did the American revolution have on the people of Spanish Texas?
It increased their dependence of Spain