Mexican Independence Flashcards
A filibuster was a term for a prisoner in Mexican prison.
False
The United States purchased the Louisiana Territory for $15 million.
True
Spain had little control of Pecan Point because the American settlers considered themselves part of Arkansas.
False
Antonio Martinez was unable to help troops because the they were loyal to France
False
Spain’s failure to colonize Texas throughout the 1700s was in part due conflicts with the Apaches and Comanches.
True
Spanish Governor Ripperda wanted to keep the settlers safe but could not because he didn’t have the troops to do it.
True
What is a republic?
Power belongs to the people
What is the El Camino Real and where did it go?
Connects all missions, and led to Mexico City
Explain the Adams-Onis Treaty.
Gave Florida to U.S
Sabine River becomes border
Red River becomes border
What where the conditions Martinez described in San Antonio?
Rundown
Lacking Supplies
Lacking Settlers
Who was sent to investigate the need for missions in New Spain?
Marques De Rubi
Why did the town of Bucareli failed to thrive?
Neither country ‘Officially” recognizes it
Who appointed Louis Michel Aury commissioner of Galveston?
A Mexican Governor
What happened in Texas as a result of the victory of General Joaquin de Arredondo.
Declared themselves free(but actually weren’t)
Pushed allies away(committed atrocities)
Who governed the settlers who lived in Ysleta?
Antonio De Oterman
Who was the leader of the East Texans who founded Nacogdoches?
Gil Y’barbo
Why was Spain’s effort to colonize Texas in the late 1700s was impeded?
Comanche and Apache
No money
Mexico has a lot of open land
Who were filibusters?
Mostly whit Anglo Americans
Who was the Texas adventurer who captured Nacogdoches in 1819 with 300 rebels?
James Long
What are all the ways Spain helped during the American Revolution?
Money
Supplies
Troops
What was the largest settlement in Texas when Mexico became independent from Spain in 1821?
San Antonio
What was the result of the Louisiana Purchase?
French kicked out of North America
Why were troubles within the Republican army?
Most identified as Americans not Texans
How did the balance of power in the Americans change because of the Treaty of Paris of 1763?
U.S. controls 50%
M.X. controls 50%
What did Antonio Martinez claims he headed to defend Spain’s interest in Texas?
Money
Settlers
Troops
Spanish cow handlers who made the first long cattle drives from South Texas to markets in Louisiana were called…
Vaqueros
One of the countries from which Governor Galvez of New Orleans recruited troops was…
Mexico, Cuba
Because of the Treaty of 1783, Great Britain was granted trading rights on…
Mississippi River
Spanish officials suspected Philip Nolan of being a…
Spy
Government Ripperda refused to allow East Texans to return to their former homes. Instead, he allowed them to settle along the banks of the…
Mississippi River
As a result of the Paris Peace Treaty, Spain controlled Louisiana. This, in turn, shifted the boundary between Spanish and foreign territory from the Sabine River to…
Trinity Rivers
Cowboy
Vaquero
Harassed settlers at Bucareli
Comanches
Last Spanish governor of Texas
Antonio Martinez
Claimed to fight for Mexican independence but had other, more personal motives
Jean Laffite
Were reluctant to relocate to San Antonio
Settlers in East Texas
Rebel leader sent to U.S. for money and supplies.
Samuel Kemper
Replaced Magee as commander of Republican army.
Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara
Adapted Spanish customs to frontier conditions.
Tejano Culture
Fought for Texas’ independence.
Republican army of the North
Challenged Mexican people to recover land stolen from them 300 years earlier
Father Hidalgo grito
