Mexican Exploration and Colonization Era Flashcards
Who lost the seven year war?
France
Recommended all Texas missions be closed but a few
Marques de Rubi
recommended all settlers in East Texas be moved to San Antonio.
Marques de Rubi
1776
Britain’s 13 colonies in North America rebelled against British rule
Spanish military governor of Louisiana
Bernardo de Gálvez
Allowed American ships to use ports in New Orleans
Gave supplies and money
Led Spanish troops against the British along the coast.
Bernardo de Gálvez
French leader who took Louisiana back from Spain.
Napolean
U.S. purchased for 15 million $
Louisiana Territory
Adams-Onis Treaty
Ended the Neutral Ground Agreement.
United States gets:
- Sabine river is the new boundary of Texas
- Florida
Spain gets:
- U.S. promises to leave Texas alone
Adams-Onis Treaty
People who go to another country and try to take it over by waging war.
Filibusters
First U.S. filibuster
Philip Nolan
Life was challenging for those living in New Spain because
Spain was too far away to help citizens in New Spain.
Father Miguel Hidalgo called for Mexican citizens to fight for independence from Spain. This was called his
Grito de Deloras
Father Hidalgo was captured and executed for treason but on the other hand
he Inspired others
traveled to the United States in 1811 to get help freeing Texas from Spanish rule.
Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara
created the Republican Army of the North.
Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara
The Republican Army of the North captured:
Nacogdoches, Goliad, and San Antonio.
declared Texas independent from Spain!
The Republican Army of the North
The BLOODIEST Battle in Texas History
The Battle of Medina
Galveston was an ideal base of operations against the Spanish fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, given
its REMOTE LOCATION.
Moved to Galveston claiming to support the rebels.
BUT… he was more interested in stealing valuable Spanish cargo
Jean Lafitte
The group declared Texas independent and elected
Dr. James Long
issued a plan to establish a Mexican empire.
Agustin de Iturbide
Plan de Iguala: (Agustin’s plan)
- Declare Mexico independent from Spain.
- Mexican people would have equal rights
- Catholicism would be the official religion of Mexico
Effects of the Treaty of Coronado
Spain is no longer in control of Mexico
Texas became part of a free Mexico
Empresario
Land agents that helped recruit and bring in settlers to an area.
The Grandfather of Texas
Moses Austin
Moses believed Americans would want to go to Spanish Texas for
Cheap land
The Father of Texas
Stephen F. Austin
first empresario in Texas,
Stephen F. Austin
The Spanish sent ______ to help him pick land for his settlement.
rasmo Seguin
The site stephen chose for his colony was
between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers.
Stephen called his main city
San Felipe de Austin
Goal: Increase the population
Colonization Law of 1825
settled 166 American families and founded the town of Gonzales.
Green DeWitt
settled 200 Mexican families in South Texas. He and his wife founded the town of Victoria.
Martin De Leon
