Sections 1 & 2
The ____ gave land to many people who had lived in Texas before the revolution to help rebuild. The _____ also also ensured slavery was legal and required free African Americans to get permission from Congress to stay in the Republic.
Constitution of 1836
Many ____ were drawn to the Republic due to slavery being legal in the Constitution. _____ had broad control over the lives of slaves.
Slaveholders
In 1838 a group of Tejanos in Nacogdoches led by _______ reacted to the prejudice of Texans. ______, a former alcalde, had contacted officials in Mexico who wanted to drive all Anglos out of Texas. With a small group of Tejano and Indian allies, he took up arms in the Córdova Rebellion. President Houston ordered the rebels to return to their homes, but they declared that they would fight until their rights were protected. In response, Houston sent the army to end the rebellion. _____ fled to Mexico, but 33 Tejanos from the Nacogdoches area were arrested and tried for treason.
Vicente Córdova
In 1842 a group of German businesspeople formed the German Emigration Company, or _____. Its members hoped to make a profit by encouraging Germans to settle in Texas.
Adelsverein
When Prince Carl returned home two months later, _____ replaced him. In Texas, the baron changed his name to John O. Meusebach. He continued the work begun by Prince Carl, and New Braunfels grew and prospered.
Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach
The Republic of Texas set up a land grant policy modeled after the _____, hoping to encourage immigration.
Empresario System
A free African American in Texas who had fought at the battles of Concepcion and San Antonio, yet still faced being forced to leave Texas due to the Texas Constitution.
Greenbury Logan
A rebellion led by Vicente Cordova, who gathered a small group of Tejano and Indian allies to drive all Anglos out of Texas.
Córdova Rebellion
After acquiring land in the Hill Country, the company sent ______ to Texas in 1844 followed by a group of peasants and craftspeople. ____ wrote letters home about his mission. Once in Texas, ____ established a port for incoming settlers. He returned about two months later.
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels
In Texas, Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach changed his name to ______.
John O. Meusebach
From 1836 to 1847, the population of Texas increased by nearly _____.
100,000
In November 1840, three petitions were presented to Congress on behalf of the Ashworth family. In response, Congress passed the ______ Act, which allowed the Ashworth family and all free African Americans who were in Texas at the time of the Texas Declaration of Independence to stay.
Ashworth Act
Despite these problems, many Tejanos remained in Texas. A few held positions of power in the San Antonio area, such as ______, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence. _____ served in the Republic’s Congress and worked to protect Tejano rights.
José Antonio Navarro
Once in Texas, Prince Carl established a port for incoming settlers. The port, which was called ____ by the Germans, was later renamed Indianola.
Karlshafen
In 1840 Texas and France signed a treaty that encouraged French immigration. A few years later, ____ brought one of the first groups of French settlers to Texas. _____ founded the town of Castroville in 1844 near the Medina River. By 1846 ____ had helped settle more than 2,000 colonists along the river, most of whom became farmers and ranchers. The cultural traditions of these French immigrants can still be found in the architecture, churches, and customs of Castroville and nearby towns with such French names as D’Hanis, Quihi, and Vandenburg.
Henri Castro
By far the largest immigration movement came from the ____.
United States
_______, who had helped negotiate with the Cherokees during the war, was one example of white prejudice. A wealthy business owner, _____ had to deal with repeated attempts by other townspeople to take his property. Although _____ had the resources to challenge his persecutors in court, other free African Americans did not.
William Goyens
During the 1830s and 1840s a large number of European immigrants like Gentilz and Frétellière moved to Texas. The largest group of European immigrants to Texas were the ____, who had first come in the early 1830s. During the years of the Republic, the number of _____ immigrants grew as people left Germany looking for better economic opportunities in Texas.
Germans
Once in Texas, Prince Carl established a port for incoming settlers. The port, which was called Karlshafen by the Germans, was later renamed _____.
Indianola
Irish settlers had come to Texas long before it was a republic. During the 1820s several Irishmen had received empresario contracts. In fact one Irish empresario, _____, had accompanied Stephen F. Austin on his first trip to Texas in 1821.
James Hewetson
With the increase in U.S. immigration, the number of slaves rose from some 5,000 in 1836 to at least _____ by 1845.
30,000
Even Tejanos who had fought in the Revolution faced discrimination. Tejanos had their property stolen. Some were forced to flee Texas completely. _____, a hero of the revolution and mayor of San Antonio from 1840 to 1842, witnessed several conflicts between Tejanos and U.S. settlers.
Juan Seguín
In 1842 a group of German businesspeople formed the _______, or Adelsverein. Its members hoped to make a profit by encouraging Germans to settle in Texas.
German Emigration Company
In March 1845 Prince Carl and a group of settlers established ______ along the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers.
New Braunfels
Irish settlers continued to come to Texas after the Revolution, seeking economic opportunity. Irish-born Texan _____ encouraged this immigration in his 1841 book, Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas.
William Kennedy