Spanish Influence
What was Cibola and was it found by Coronado the explorer?
7 cities of Gold and it was never found it was a myth.
What was an empresario?
a land agent contracted by the Spanish or Mexican government to bring new settlers to Texas
What did the State Colonization Law of 1825 give to the people?
land and didn't have to pay taxes
What is the name of the speech Miguel Hidalgo gave to declare Mexican Independence.
"Grito de Dolores"
What type of buildings had Spanish Architecture?
Churches
What was a filibuster?
military adventurers who wanted to free Texas or all of Mexico from Spanish rule
What was the reason hundreds of people were migrating or moving to Texas?
to get land
What does G.T.T. stand for?
Gone to Texas
What were missions?
Churches used to spread Christianity
Name the empresario that is know as the Father of Texas and brought the first 300 families to Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
What religion became the main religion after Mexico got their independence? They also had to practice the same religion for getting land from Mexico?
Catholic
What is the river were the 300 from Texas settled?
Brazos River
What were presidios?
military forts that protected the missions.
What were the benefits of being an empresario?
He would receive land
What was allowed in the United States, but not allowed in Mexico?
Slavery
What did the native Indians have to do when they came to Texas
Adapt to the new visitors and settlers, hunting and food.
What is the name of the person who declared Mexican Independence?
Miguel Hidalgo
What negative effects happened to the Indians as the explorers came to Texas
Indians lost their land ad got sick with diseases the Europeans had from their mother land.
People moving to Texas to to convert to what religion?
Catholic
Who were the "Old Three Hundred?"
1st group of settlers brought by Stephen F. austin to Texas.