EMPRESARIOS & KEY PEOPLE
He is known as the “Father of Texas” because he established the first large Anglo colony.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
This 1824 document created a representative government but restricted freedom of religion.
What is the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824?
This region had the most successful land grants because of good soil, water, and resources.
What is the Coastal Plains
Tejano culture formed because Mexican and American traditions did this.
What is blended together
The main reason people moved to Texas in the 1820s.
What is to find cheap farmland?
This empresario founded a colony near present-day Gonzales.
Who is Green DeWitt?
This 1825 law offered land and temporary tax exemptions to attract settlers.
What is the State Colonization Law of 1825
Anglo colonization differed from Spanish colonization because Anglos came through these land-grant leaders.
Who are empresarios?
Mexico’s main method of maintaining culture among Anglo settlers.
What is requiring settlers to practice the Catholic religion?
Anglos came for land, but Spaniards originally came to build these.
What are missions?
This empresario’s colony was different because it was settled mostly by Mexican families.
Who is Martín De León?
Mexico required settlers to practice this religion in order to preserve Mexican culture.
What is Catholicism?
Settlers chose regions based on this physical factor that helped survival and farming.
What is the environment/geography?
Settlers who accepted the 1825 colonization rules became this.
What are naturalized Mexicans?
New settlers received large amounts of land and temporary breaks from these payments.
What are taxes
He gave the Cry of Dolores encouraging people to fight against unfair Spanish rule.
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo?
The TWO conditions SFA and Anglo settlers agreed to in his empresario contract.
What are obey Mexican laws AND convert to Catholicism?
The year in which Mexico gained independence from Spain.
What is 1821
A mix of Anglo farming and Mexican ranching created this blended identity.
What is Tejano culture?
Anglo settlers were required to practice this branch of Christianity.
What is Catholicism?
A major change in Texas during the Mexican National Era because of empresarios bringing settlers.
What is the establishment of Anglo settlements?
This law encouraged farming, ranching, and commerce and continued the empresario system.
What is the Colonization Law of 1825
Mexico required settlers to swear an oath to obey this important document.
What is the Mexican Constitution?
The Constitution of 1824 restricted this freedom to unify Mexican culture.
What is freedom of religion?
Hidalgo’s speech showed leadership because he opposed this long-standing system.
What is colonialism and oppression?