Early Texas & its People
The large body of water that all the water in Texas flows into
What is the Gulf of Mexico?
The first explorer to land in North America
Who was Christopher Columbus?
Spanish conquistadors were drawn to the New World by this
What is God, Gold & Glory?
The speech that started the Mexican fight for Independence from Spain
What is "El Grito de Dolores"?
The event that prompted a battle cry that is known throughout the world
What is the fall of the Alamo?
The number of geographic regions in the state of Texas
What is four?
The Spanish soldier/adventurers who came to the New World were called this
The system of colonization used by Spain
What is the Mission/Presidio System?
Armed men who crossed into Texas illegally to claim land, steal livestock, or forment revolution
What were Filibusters?
This person said war with Mexico was the only option
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
An movie or a history book are considered this kind of source
What is secondary?
The Spanish conquistador who wandered around Texas for eight years
Who is Cabeza de Vaca?
The first European city in Texas
What is San Antonio?
The first person who helped Moses Austin get permission to start an American colony in Texas
Who was the Baron de Bastrop?
The event that prompted the Law of April 6, 1830
What is the Mier y Teran Report?
It comes from the north
What is the source of all water in Texas?
Many died because they did not have immunity from the diseases that were brought by Europeans
Who were the native people of the Americas?
The system of dividing people by physical characteristics
What is the Caste System?
The name of the system used by the Mexican government to colonize Texas
What is the Empresario System?
The panic when the Texian army and citizens went east to get away from the Mexican forces
What was The Runaway Scrape?
Groups of people who followed animal herds for survival were call this.
What is nomadic?
It forced native people to become slaves on their own land
What is the Encomienda System?
The father of the Rio Grande valley
Who is Jose de Escandon?
What is slavery?
The documents signed to end the Texas Revolution
What were the Treaties of Velasco?
The nickname given to the Jumano people because of their distinctive tattoos
What is "The Striped People"?
The name of the trade route that developed between the Americas and Europe following the "discovery" of the New World
What was the Columbian Exchange?
The event that made the Spanish missionaries flee from East Texas to San Antonio
What was The Chicken War?
Green DeWitt and Martin de Leon
Which empresarios had a land dispute that involved the theft of livestock?
The governmental system that concentrates all power in one location
What is Centralist?