Empresarios
This empresario brought the "Old 300" to Texas
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
The fight for Mexican Independence started with this event?
What is el grito or the Cry of Dolores?
The Colonization Law was written in this year
What is 1825?
This is the year that the Mexican Federal Constitution was written
What is 1824?
I am often called the "Father of Texas"
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
He was the original empresario that died before he could start his colony
Who is Moses Austin?
This "father" gave this speech that began the fight for Mexican Independence
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo?
This is about how many acres a married man would receive from this law
The Mexican Constitution was modeled after the Constitution of its neighbor
What is the United States?
Stephen F. Austin chose the area between the Brazos and Colorado rivers as the site for his colony because it possessed these qualities
What is rich soil, access to water, and a warm climate?
Green Dewitt, Stephen F. Austin, Martin De Leon, Lorenzo de Zavala
Who are empresarios?
In this year Mexico won their independence from Spain
What is 1821?
Most colonists that came from empresario contracts were from this country
What is the United States?
The Mexican Federal Constitution combined these 2 Mexican states
What is Coahuila and Texas?
Jose Gutierrez de Lara created this army to try and fight for Mexican Independence
What is the Republican Army of the North?
A colony of mostly Mexican colonists was settled by this empresario
Who is Martin de Leon?
This era began when Mexico began the fight for independence from Spain
Mexican National Era
Settlers had to become Mexican citizens, learn Spanish, follow all Mexican laws, be of good moral character, and worship this religion
What is catholicism?
The Constitution named this city the capital of the State of Coahuila and Texas
What is Saltillo?
Most of the settlers of Texas were white people without Hispanic descent, these people are called this
What are Anglo Americans?
Brought the colonists, paid for their way, established towns, were the government, and established land grants for the settlers.
What are jobs of the empresarios?
This treaty ended the fight for Mexican Independence
What is the Treaty of Cordoba?
This group benefitted the most from the passage of the Colonization Law of 1825
Who are the empresarios?
Under this Constitution, Texas would have one representative in Congress, this man would be their Congressman
Who is Baron de Bastrop?
If the Spanish came to Texas to claim the land, then the Anglos came to Texas for
What is to establish land grants?