Mexican War of Independence
What years did the Mexican War for Independence start and end?
What is 1810-1821
Under the State Colonization Law of 1825, land grants were given to settlers who agreed to become _________________?
What is Mexican citizens?
What battle did the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition lose in 1813?
What is the Battle of Medina?
How did the Mexican Constitution of 1824 address the issue of Texas’s low population?
By allowing states to have local control and encouraging colonization.
Who was a Mexican revolutionary that led the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition?
Who is Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara?
In what year did the Mexican War of Independence end?
What is 1821?
Because of the Constitution of 1824, citizens of Mexico were expected to follow which religion?
What is Catholicism?
Who am I? I was a Mexican revolutionary who partnered with Augustus Magee to lead the 1812 expedition into Spanish Texas.
Who is Bernardo Gutiérrez de Lara?
Under the 1824 Constitution, Texas became part of which Mexican state?
What is Coahuila y Tejas?
Who was the U.S. partner in the 1812 Texas expedition?
Who is Augustus Magee?
What was the name of Hidalgo’s famous speech that sparked the Mexican War for Independence?
What is the Grito de Dolores?
What conflict eventually arose between the settlers and Mexico over farming practices?
What is the tension over land use and slavery?
Which 1813 battle was the bloodiest in Texas during the Mexican War of Independence?
What is the Battle of Medina?
What requirement did settlers under the State Colonization Law have to follow besides religion?
What is becoming Mexican citizens and pledging loyalty to Mexico?
Who led the revolt in Dolores in 1810 that sparked the Mexican War of Independence
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
Which revolutionary’s speech encouraged Mexicans to rise against Spanish rule in 1810?
Who is Miguel Hidalgo?
Why did Texas have a low population in the early 1820s?
Because of wars, raids, and economic collapse after the Mexican War of Independence.
What was the goal of the Gutierrez-Magee Expedition?
To free Texas from Spanish rule.
Which law in 1825 gave land to settlers in Texas under certain conditions?
What is the State Colonization Law?
Which Spanish official tried to stop the Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition?
Who is Joaquín de Arredondo?
Why did Mexico encourage empresarios to bring American settlers to Texas?
What is to increase the population and develop the frontier.
Mexico encouraged empresarios to bring American settlers to Texas primarily to achieve what goal?
To increase population and stabilize the frontier.
Many Mexican and Tejano fighters joined which 1812–1813 revolutionary effort in Texas?
What is the Gutiérrez-Magee Expedition?
According to the Constitution of 1824, settlers were required to follow the official religion, which was?
What is Catholicism?
Name the leader of Spanish forces who defeated the rebels at the Battle of Medina.
Who is José Joaquín de Arredondo?