People
American merchant who created one of the largest fur business, the American Fur Company.
Who is John Jacob Astor?
What caused the Texas settlers to be defeated at the Alamo?
They were outnumbered- Texans had around 183 soldiers while the Mexican Army and around 2000.
"Come and Take It!" was the flag flown here
What is the Battle of Gonzales?
River that flows through Laredo and El Paso
Rio Grande
Which Texas city was established by Spain in 1718?
San Antonio
The founder of the Church of Mormons?
Who is Joseph Smith?
First Battle of the Texas Revolution
Battle of Gonzales
What happen at the Battle of San Jacinto?
Santa Anna was captured and signed away Texas.
This region has a dry and arid climate.
Mountains and Basins
Tejano and Empresario who helped Stephen F. Austin locate land in Texas.
Erasmo Seguin
Brigham Young
Who was the head of the Mormon Church after Smith's murder in 1844?
This suspended uncompleted empresario contracts -ended immigration from the United States -placed custom duties on American goods
What is the Law of April 6, 1830?
The treaty that ended the Mexican-American War and gave the United State much of Mexico's northern territory?
What is the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo?
The city of Houston is located in this region.
Gulf Costal Plains
Helped the development of Texas by founding the first large Anglo colony in Texas
Stephen F. Austin
Why was Stephen F Austin Arrested in Mexico city?
He wrote a letter back to Texas asking his people to start a temporary Texas Government without the Permission of Santa Anna
The gold-seeking migrants who traveled to California.
The abandoned mission near San Antonio that became an important battle site in the Texas Revolution.
What is the Alamo?
The Costal and Great Plains have one thing in common.
Flat lands suitable for farming.
The city of San Antonio is an example of the cultural legacy of which European country?
Spain
Brought skins from western fur traders and trappers.
Who are the Mountain Men?
Who commanded the Texan soldiers in the Battle of San Jacinto and captured Santa Anna?
Sam Houston
The revolt against Mexico by American settlers in California who declared the territory an independent republic.
What is the Bear Flag Revolt?
Natural Texas includes these three....
Landforms, Climate and Regions.
A defining characteristic of the Spanish Colonial Era.
The building of Missions
The group of western travelers who went to California but were stranded in the Sierra Nevada Mountains during winter.
Who is the Donner Party?
U.S. purchase of land from Mexico that included the southern parts of present-day Arizona and New Mexico.
What is the Gadsden Purchase?
Mexican cowboys in the West who tended cattle and horses.
Who were the Vaqueros?
A belief shared by many Americans in the Mid-1800's that the United States should expand across the continent to the Pacific Ocean.
What is Manifest Destiny?