Sections 1 & 2
To help people rebuild, the ____________ gave land to many of the people who had lived in Texas before the Revolution.
Constitution of 1836
Many ___________ were drawn to the Republic because the Constitution of 1836 ensured that slavery was legal.
Slaveholders
In 1838 a group of Tejanos in Nacogdoches led by ____________ reacted to this poor treatment.
Vicente Córdova
In 1842 a group of German businesspeople formed the German Emigration Company, or_________
Adelsverein
When Prince Carl returned home two months later, _____________________________ replaced him.
Baron Otfried Hans Freiherr von Meusebach
Hoping to encourage immigration, the Republic of Texas set up a land grant policy modeled after the __________________
Empresario System
Even veterans of the Texas Revolution like __________ risked being forced to leave.
Greenbury Logan
With a small group of Tejano and Indian allies, he took up arms in the ______________
Córdova Rebellion
After acquiring land in the Hill Country, the company sent _______________ to Texas in 1844 followed by a group of peasants and craftspeople.
Prince Carl of Solms-Braunfels
In Texas, the baron changed his name to _________________
John O. Meusebach
From 1836 to 1847, the population of Texas increased by nearly _______.
100,000
In response, Congress passed the _______, which allowed the Ashworths and all free African Americans who were in Texas at the time of the Texas Declaration of Independence to stay.
Ashworth Act
A few held positions of power in the San Antonio area, such as _______________, a signer of the Texas Declaration of Independence.
José Antonio Nava
Once in Texas, Prince Carl established a port for incoming settlers. The port, which was called ____________ by the Germans, was later renamed Indianola.
Karlshafen
A few years later, _____________ brought one of the first groups of French settlers to Texas.
Henri Castro
By far the largest group of new immigrants to the Republic came from the _________ in search of land and economic opportunities.
United States
___________, who had helped negotiate with the Cherokees during the war, was one example.
William Goyens
Who were the largest group from Europe to imagrate into 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 to ___________.
Indianola
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 in Texas rose from some 5,000 in 1836 to at least ________ by 1845.
30,000
__________, 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.
German Emigration Company
In March 1845 the prince and a group of settlers established _____________ along the Guadalupe and Comal Rivers.
New Braunfels
Irish-born Texan ______________ encouraged this immigration in his 1841 book, Texas: The Rise, Progress, and Prospects of the Republic of Texas.
William Kennedy