Vocabulary
What is G.T.T.?
Mexican general who defeated Bustamante and made Mexico a centralized government
Who is Santa Anna?
Created the Republic of Fredonia
Who was Haden Edwards?
What is Lousiana?
Texans of Spanish descent
Who are Tejanos
Businessmen who promoted settlement in Texas
What is an empresario?
Came to Texas to establish a colony after my bank failed.
Who is Moses Austin?
Law-abiding, hard-working, educated, Catholic
What are guidelines for SFA's colony?
Where settlers withdrew after a conflict and drew up some resolutions.
Where is Turtle Bayou?
Established a colony primarily of Mexican settlers
Who is Martin de Leon?
Stirred up trouble/rebellion/chaos and wanted Texas to be independent from Spain or join the U.S.
What are filibusters?
Served as a translator for SFA and Governor Martinez
Who is Baron de Bastrop?
Came from Missouri to establish colonies in Texas
Who was Moses Austin?
The capital of SFA's colony
Where is San Felipe?
One of Texas' busiest ports
Where is Galveston?
Made Mexico a republic
What is the (Federal) Constitution of 1824?
Started the first Sunday school in Texas
Who was Thomas J. Pilgrim?
The location of the Consultation of 1835
Where is Washington on the Brazos?
Where SFA was arrested
Where is Saltillo?
Because he wrote a letter and the government felt threatened
Why was SFA arrested?
297 families and 3 single men
Who are the Old Three Hundred?
Helped write the Constitution of 1824
Who was Erasmo Seguin?
Population loss, crops destroyed, cities deserted, increased Indian attacks
What are ways the Mexican War of Independence affected Texas?
A fort at the mouth of the Trinity River on Galveston Bay near an important trade route and immigration point.
Where is Anahuac?
Led a force of rebels that defeated the Spanish in 1821
What was Vicente Guerrero?