Key People
Who is Antonio López de Santa Anna?
A general who led Mexican forces.
Where did all these battles happen??
Texas
What are settlers/Anglo-Americans?
People who settled in Texas from the U.S.
What is colonization/empresario system?
When Mexico encouraged Americans to settle in Texas to boost population.
Texas won independence from this country.
Mexicooooooo
Who is Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
A Mexican priest led a rebellion of 80,000 poor Indians and mestizos.
What is the Battle of San Jacinto?
The battle that ended the Texas Revolution.
What is someone who brought settlers to Texas?
An empresario
What is slavery?
Mexico banned this system, angering settlers.
Texas became this type of nation after winning.
independent republic
Who are Davy Crockett and James Bowie?
These two men died at the Alamo and joined the Texans to fight
What is the Battle of the Alamo?
a former mission that became an important battle site in Texas revolution. Also, Mexican forces under President Santa Anna defeated roughly 200 Texan defenders.
What are Texans of Mexican descent?
Tejanos
Why did tension grow throughout religious conflicts?
Tensions grew because settlers did not follow Mexican laws about this.
What happend in 1836?
Texas declared independence in this year.
when was Antonio López de Santa Anna captured??
after the final battle.
What is “Remember the Alamo!”?
Texans shouted this phrase during their final victory.
A republic is…
a government where people elect representatives
Why were Texans angery?
Santa Anna changed Mexico’s government to a dictatorship/ centralized government
What is the Declaration of Independence?
The document that declared independence that was similar to this earlier U.S. document. It also announced the thirteen North American British colonies’
Who is Stephen F. Austin?
An empresario who helped bring many settlers to Texas.
What happened in fewer than 20 minutes?
The Texans won at San Jacinto in about this amount of time.
Annexation means…
Adding land to a country
The Law of 1830 was meant to stop what?
U.S. immigration into Texas
What is the Treaties of Velasco?
The agreement that ended the revolution