People
Who is described here:
• Filibuster
• Proclaimed Texas Indendence
• Former doctor
• Organized an army to invade Texas
• Captured by Spanish forces
James Long
"A person who engages in unauthorized warfare against a foreign country."
Fillibuster
Merged the Texas Y Coahuila to create a new state AND divided power into 3 branches.
HINT: Document
Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824
Who is the Father of Texas?
Stephen F. Austin
A major source of political tension in the era because many Texans ignored laws about it.
Slavery
Who was a filibuster who became a leader of the Mexican Republic Army, and captured the cities of La Bahia and Nacogdoches?
De Lara
"To be free of an outside country"
Independence
The year that Mexican citizens gained Independence from Spain.
1821
Who is Stephen F. Austin's father?
Moses Austin
What religion did the Mexican Constitution of 1824 say every citizen had to practice?
Catholic
This person issued the Grito de Delores, declaring the Mexican War for independence from Spain, further sparking others to fight for freedoms and equal rights
Hidalgo
"People who are attributed to the increase of population in Texas, moved for cheap land and to farm cotton, and ancestors are from Europe"
Anglo-Americans/Anglo-Settlers
Bloodiest battle in Texas in which the Republican Army was overwhelmingly defeated by Spanish Royalists. Because of this, the Spanish wanted to end Spanish Rule.
The Battle of Medina
This person settled 166 families near present day Gonzales.
Green DeWitt
Which group of people are described here:
• Granted land by the Mexican government
• First organized group of Anglo-American immigrants in Texas
• Most settled in Texas for economic reasons
Old Three Hundred
This person settled Mexican families in Texas in the 1820's and founded the town of Victoria
Martin de Leon
"Basic rules and guidelines a country will follow"
Constitution
What Law is described below:
• Settlers would be exempt from taxes for 10 years
• Settlers must take an oath of loyalty to Mexico
• Settlers must be of good moral character
• Settlers must become Catholic
State Colonization Law of 1825
This person settled 300 families in the Austin colony.
Stephen F. Austin
How were De Leon's settlements different from the other Empresarios?
He settled Mexican families instead of American families
This person was the first to receive a grant from the Spanish to settle families in Texas
Moses Austin
"A person who has been granted permission to bring settlers to Texas"
Empresario
Mexico was under control of what nation before it won its independence?
Spain
Texas leader who located the land for the Austin colony & guided Stephen F. Austin there.
Erasmo Seguin
The Mexican National Era was a time that _____________?
Encouraged immigration to Texas