People
Empresarios
Settlers
Spanish Texas
Government & People
100

What is an adventurer who engages in private rebellious activity in a foreign country 

What is a filibuster?

100

He was the 1st person who settled an Anglo (WHITE) colony in Texas.

Who is Stephen F. Austin?

100

American & Mexican Settlers came to Mexican Texas for this.

What is Cheap land?

100

What did Anglo settlers bring to Texas that caused Controversy between them and Mexican Government?

What is slaves?

100

He was known as the "Father of Texas." 

Who is Stephen F. Austin?

200

French Pirate who controlled Galveston bay and refused to help Dr. James Long

Who is Jean Lafitte?

200

Stephen F Austin put together milita to help against the Native American attacks called the.

Who are the Texas Rangers?

200

In the Mexican federal constitution of 1824, what was not allowed?

What is freedom of religion (had to be catholic)

200

What battle ended with the defeat of the Guiterrez-Magee Expedition

What is the Battle of Medina?

200

What treaty between Mexico and the US established the East Texas Border that we still have today 

What is the Adams Onis Treaty??

300

Captured Nacogdoches, delcared Texas Independent, and was later captured and killed in a Mexican prison in 1822.

Who is Dr. James Long?

300

Mexican Empresario who brought ONLY Mexican Settlers to Texas. 

Who is Martin De Leon?

300

In what region did most empresarios and settlers live?

Coastal Plain( Great for farming, lots of water)

300

What happened in the year of 1825?

What is the Mexican Colonization laws

300

Why  is 1821 is a significant date in Texas's history.


Mexico won its independence from Spain

400

He was suspected of plotting to claim land in Texas for the United States and many thought he was a spy. H e was really capturing wild horses for profit.

Who is Philip Nolan?

400

He established the town of Gonzales.

Who is Green DeWitt?

400

Anglo and Spanish colonization were different in Texas how?


Anglo settlers followed empresarios, Spanish settlers were more interested in establishing missions and converting native Americans.

400

What started or sparked the Mexican Revolution

What is Father Hidalgos speech, the "cry of dolores"

400

This sale between the United States and the France in 1803 that gave the US a large amount of land is the 

What is the Louisiana Purchase?

500

Who was a Tejano rancher who represented Texas at the Mexican Constitutional Convention?

Who is Erasmo Seguin

500

Mexican Officials tried to maintain Mexican cultures in Texas by establishing what three requirements for the Empresario system?  

What is

1. They had to be Roman Catholic

2. They had to be loyal Mexican Citizens

3. They had to live on the land

500

The establishment of Anglo settlements in Texas is known as what Era? 

What is the Mexican National Era? 

500

What rebel group was formed to continue the rebellion started by Father Hidalgo after this death?

Who is Gutierrez-Magee Expedition?

500

Why did the Mexican government give the empresarios land grants only in east and central Texas?

What is so the Anglo settlers could act as a buffer(neutral zone) between Mexico and the United States.