Geography
What region of Texas includes the long coastline of the Gulf of Mexico and includes port cities like Port Arthur and Galveston?
Coastal Plains
TRUE OR FALSE: Texas natives respected the environment and protected natural resources
True
What two countries first laid claims to the land that would become known as Texas?
Spain and France
What major city was founded by Spanish colonists in 1718?
San Antonio
What was the main goal of the Law of April 6, 1830?
To stop Anglo-American immigration to Texas.
What region of Texas has the highest elevations in places like Big Bend and Guadalupe National Parks.
Mountains and Basins
What tribe lived as nomads in the Great Plains and relied heavily on buffalo for survival?
Comanche
What did La salle set out to discover?
Mississippi River
After the mexican war for Independence the land now known as Texas became under control of what country?
Mexico
What battle is the slogan “come and take it” from?
Battle of Gonzales
TRUE OR FALSE: the physical geography of Texas, with large land areas fit for growing cotton, impacted the growth of slavery.
True
What native tribe fished in the Gulf of Mexico and lived in the Coastal Plains region?
Karankawa
What did Coronado set out to find?
Seven Cities of Gold
What was the Empresario system?
A land grant system to give chunks of land to settlers.
What happened to Colonel James Fannin at the Goliad Massacre?
He was executed at the Goliad Massacre
Which TWO economic activities of missions thrived in the physical geography and environment of central Texas?
(Mining, Ranching, Farming, Shipping, Railroads, Schools)
Ranching and Farming
What native tribe lived in sedentary communities organized as confederacies?
Caddo
What country began colonizing Texas by building missions and presidios?
Spain
The Mexican Constitution of 1824 created a what type of government?
Federal
What did George Childress write at the Convention of 1836 in Washington on the Brazos?
The Declaration of Independence
If you travel from east Texas (Coastal Plains) to west Texas (Mountains and Basins) what happens to the elevation of land?
It increases...the land gets higher.
What cultural region was the Tigua tribe a part of?
Puebloan
What is a presido?
A fort used to defend missions.
In 1829, Mexico abolished slavery. Did the Anglo Texans who immigrated to Tejas, Mexico abide by the new law?
No
What was Sam Houston’s role in the Texas Revolution?
General in the Texian Army