Anglo Colonization
He was a successful empresario because he spoke Spanish and had natural leadership skills.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
The law passed that didn't allow any more US immigration and forbid importation of slaves.
What is the Law of April 6th?
The first battle of the Texas Revolution.
What is the Battle of Gonzales?
The Father of Texas Education who firmly believed in a good education.
Who is Mirabeau Lamar?
What are checks and balances?
Land was cheap, and people could get away from debt collectors are economic reasons for this.
What are people emigrating to Texas?
This happened because of the unconstitutional acts that Mexico put in place.
What are the Turtle Bayou Resolutions?
Asking for reinforcements and committing to never surrender.
What are the goals of William B. Travis' letter from the Alamo?
The Republic president who wanted peace with Native Texans AND wanted Texas to be annexed into the United States.
Who is Sam Houston?
Two principles of government that the US Constitution and the Texas Constitution have in common?
What are separation of powers, checks and balances and a individual rights (Bill of Rights)? (need two of the three)
These two things are what helped determine how much land new settlers could get in Texas.
What is family size and slave count?
This person's arrest was one of the causes of the Texas Revolution beginning.
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
The Texian Army leader who won at San Jacinto.
Who is Sam Houston?
The Republic president who wanted to expand Texas to the Pacific Ocean and who wanted to either kill or kick out all the Native Texans.
Who is Mirabeau Lamar?
This helped Texas with debt, annexed California as a free state and Texas as a slave state, and settled land claims between Texas and New Mexico.
What is the Compromise of 1850?
Green DeWitt and Martin De Leon both profited from Mexico's fear of what?
Texas had a SPARSE population, so they couldn't defend themselves, thus leading to empresario contracts.
The law Santa Anna promised to reinstate but he went back on his word after being elected President.
What is the Constitution of 1824?
This guy led the Texian army at the Battle of Goliad.
Who is James Fannin?
Why did the North put up flyers that said "No Annexation of Texas"?
The North didn't want to expand slavery in the US.
The reason the US declared war on Mexico.
What is the fact that Mexico and the US had a border dispute (the Rio Grande vs the Nueces)?
The city Stephen F. Austin settled.
What is San Felipe de Austin?
The last event that happened before the Revolution began.
The arrest of Stephen F. Austin
The reason James Fannin didn't follow Sam Houston's orders to leave Goliad.
What is he didn't want to abandon Goliad to be taken by the Mexican army?
The name of the term that is the reason the US eventually annexed Texas so they could expand all the way to the west.
What is Manifest Destiny?
This treaty ended the US-Mexico war in which the US gained quite a bit of land for cheap.
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?