Mexico and Independence
In what year did Mexico gain independence from Spain?
1821
These people received land grants and recruited settlers to establish colonies in Texas.
Who were empresarios?
Many Anglo-American settlers moved to Texas primarily for these reasons.
What are economic opportunities, such as cheap land and farming?
This term describes an adventurer who organized an unauthorized military expedition into a territory.
What is a filibuster?
Many Anglo settlers brought enslaved people to Texas to produce this important cash crop
cotton
This priest helped begin Mexico's fight for independence with his famous call to revolt in 1810.
Father Hidalgo
This empresario is associated with bringing the Old Three Hundred to Texas.
Who was Stephen F. Austin?
This group was the first organized group of Anglo-American immigrants in Stephen F. Austin's colony.
Who were the Old Three Hundred
This filibuster proclaimed Texas independent and captured La Bahía and Nacogdoches.
Who was James Long?
The Mexican Constitution of 1824 combined these two territories into one state.
What were Coahuila and Texas?
The Mexican government encouraged this to increase Texas's population.
immigration
This empresario founded Victoria and encouraged Mexican families to settle in Texas.
Who was Martín De León?
This empresario established a colony between the Colorado and Brazos rivers.
Who was Stephen F. Austin?
Who wrote a famous diary while hiding from the Nazis?
Anne Frank.
In the Netflix show Stranger Things, what is the name of the dark, parallel dimension?
The Upside Down
This constitution established a federal republic and divided government power into three branches.
What is the Mexican Constitution of 1824?
This man was the first person granted permission to bring U.S. settlers to Texas.
Who was Moses Austin?
The Texas population increased dramatically from 1800 to 1840 largely because of this.
What was the arrival of Anglo-American settlers and other immigrants
This Mexican revolutionary wanted to free Texas from Spain but was defeated by Spanish forces.
Who was José Gutiérrez de Lara?
Who are the four people on Mount Rushmore?
They are Presidents George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, Teddy Roosevelt, and Abraham Lincoln.
What's the only flying mammal?
A bat
Name two requirements Mexican authorities placed on many settlers entering Texas.
They had to become Mexican citizens, become Catholic, take an oath of allegiance, or meet standards of good moral character.
What year did Neil Armstrong walk on the moon?
1969
This Texas leader supported U.S. settlement and helped Moses and Stephen F. Austin.
Who was Erasmo Seguín?
This Mexican law established rules for colonization, including requirements for settlers.
What was the State Colonization Law of 1825