Unit 4

Empersarios

100

Who was the father of Texas?

Stephen F. Austin

200

Anglo- American who colonized 400 families and established the town of Gonzales Texas. 

Green Dewitt

300

Tejano Rancher who helped Stephen F Austin get Land grants from Mexico. 

Ermaso Seguin

400

Empersario who established the first all Mexican colony in Texas. 

Martin Deleon

500

• The colony established by Martín De León differed from the Green DeWitt colony because it was —

De Leon= mexican colony

Dewitt= Anglo american colony

Filibuster

100

a person engaging in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country.

Filibuster

200

• Which filibuster was captured and executed in 1822 after leading an army into Nacogdoches and declaring Texas' independence from Spain?

James Long

300

Put these events in chronological order

• Moses Austin was given permission to settle in Texas
• Mexico gained independence from Spain
• Mexican Constitution of 1824 was drafted
• Empresarios were granted contracts

• Moses Austin was given permission to settle in Texas
• Mexico gained independence from Spain
• Mexican Constitution of 1824 was drafted
• Empresarios were granted contracts

400

• The Gutierrez-Magee Expedition was formed to —

Continue the rebellion led by Father Hidalgo

500

• * First filibuster in Texas
•  * Mustang trader - captured mustangs in Texas for Louisiana
•  * Rumored to be an American spy against Spain
•  * Suspected by the Spanish of plotting to claim land in Texas for the United States Who is described above?

Philip nolan

Vocab

100

Empersario

Land agent

200

Filibuster

someone declaring war on another country

300

Anglo- American

White Settlers 

400

Tejano

Mexicans living in Texas

500

Representative Government 

A government where people vote for representatives to represent the people 

Mexican Revolution

100

what happen in 1821

Mexican independence 

200

who was father hidalgo

the leader and starter of the Mexican revolution

300

While the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 created a representative government in Mexico, it specifically restricted the people’s right to —

worship freely

400

How did Anglo colonization of Texas differ from Spanish colonization of Texas?

Mission system vs land grants

500

One major change that occurred in

Texas society during the Mexican

National Era includes —

the establishment of permanent anglo american settlements. 

Random

100

• Why were most Texas land grants located in east and central Texas?

Cheap land 

200

which region were most colonies located?

Coastal plains

300

Who was responsible for finally settling Texas Successfully? 

Stephen F Austin

400

why did many Americans and Mexicans migrate to Mexican Texas in 1820s?

find cheap farm land

500

What era starts in Texas in 1821?

Mexican Era