Who Am I
I continued my father’s plan, brought the Old Three Hundred to Texas, and became known as the “Father of Texas.”
Who is Stephen F Austin
In this year, Mexico gained independence from Spain.
What is 1821?
Mexico offered this at low prices to encourage people to settle in Texas.
What are land grants?
Mexico had a small population in Texas. What was the effect?
Mexico encouraged settlers to move to Texas.
This word means freedom from another country’s control.
What is independence?
I received permission from Spain to bring American families to Texas but died before completing my plan.
Who is Moses Austin
In this year, Stephen F. Austin received permission from the Mexican government to continue his father’s colonization plan.
What is 1822?
This was the job title of a person given permission to bring settlers into Texas.
What is an empresario?
Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821.
What happened to Texas?
Texas became part of Mexico.
This word means an organized fight against a government or authority.
What is rebellion?
I was a Mexican empresario who established a colony near present-day Victoria, Texas.
Who is Martin De Leon
This law allowed Mexican states to create their own rules for bringing settlers into their territories.
What is the Colonization Law of 1824?
Many Anglo settlers wanted Texas land mainly for these two activities.
What are farming and raising livestock?
Stephen F. Austin brought the Old Three Hundred to Texas.
What was one effect?
Anglo settlement in Texas increased.
This term describes an English-speaking settler from the United States.
What is an Anglo?
I was a Catholic priest whose call for rebellion in 1810 helped begin Mexico’s fight for independence.
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo
This law gave empresarios more specific rules for settling families in Coahuila y Tejas.
Such as settlers must become catholic and speak Spanish
What is the Colonization Law of 1825?
Mexico expected settlers to practice this religion as part of Mexican colonization requirements.
What is Catholicism?
Mexico offered inexpensive land to settlers.
What happened as a result?
More Americans moved to Texas.
These adventurers entered another country without permission hoping to take land.
Who are filibusters?
I was a Tejano leader from San Antonio who supported American settlement and helped Stephen F. Austin work with Mexican officials.
Who is Erasmo Seguin
What was the document that declared Mexico a country that elects their leaders?
What is The Constitution of 1824
Mexico encouraged settlers to move to Texas because it wanted to increase the population and do this.
What is strengthen control of the region?
More Americans moved into Texas and kept strong connections to the United States.
What concern did Mexican officials develop?
They worried the settlers might be more loyal to the United States than Mexico.
This word describes cruel or unfair treatment by a government or group in power.
What is oppression?