People
White, non-hispanic
Anglo
a machine for separating cotton from its seeds.
cotton gin
a state that sits between two rivals or hostile states and serves as a "buffer" between them potentially preventing conflict
buffer state
had a dream to establish a colony of american families in Texas
Moses Austin
mockingbird
state bird
To move from religious to civil control
Secularize
A large farm or estate on which crops are raised for commercial goods such as rubber, tea, cotton or coffee
plantation
a wilderness at the edge of a settled area of a country
frontier
elected alcalde and was a rancher of San Antonio
Erasmo Sequin
bluebonnet
state flower
a state or nation where supreme political power is exercised by elected representatives acting in the name of the people.
Republic
the improvement of wrong or bad conditions, especially by political means
reform
to settle on unoccupied land without legal claim
squatter
empresario in Texas
Green Dewitt
the six countries that owned Texas or better know as and state park
six flags over Texas
Business people who promoted migration to the Texas colonies
empresario
dissention or conflict in an organization, especially political
factions
empresario grants, national colonization law, goverment similar to the U.S.
Anglo Settlement
had to gain a new contract from the new mexican government after they gained their independence
Stephen F. Austin
April 3, 1965
Pledge to the Texas Flag was made
A person appointed or elected to represent others
delegate
colonization, missions, presdios, and spanish culture
Spanish Settlement
spread culture, a constitutional republic, empresario grants
mexican settlement
rancher and important empresario in texas
Martin De Leon
“Texas, Our Texas.”
state song