Mexican National Flashcards
Mexican federal Constitution of 1824
What important document governed Mexico
What year did Mexico gain it’s independence from Spain?
7.1C
1821
What two states merged into one in Mexico?
Texas y Coahuila
On October 4, 1824,Mexican officials adopted the Federal Constitution of the United
States of Mexico, or the
Constitution of 1824
Receives permission to found the first U. S. Colony in Texas.
Moses Austin
Under this law, settlers could receive thousands of acres of land for little money and were free from paying taxes for 10 years. The laws only requirements were that settlers become Catholic and a Mexican citizens of good character.
Colonization Law of 1825
Economic crisis
Financial panic
Period of low economic activity
Depression
Device that separates cotton fibers from seeds
Cotton gin
Legal document proving ownership
land title
Promoted settlements in Texas
empresarios
Why could Austin not find the “Lively” when he reached the Colorado River?
The “Lively’s” crew had accidentally landed on the Brazos River
What personal qualities made Stephen F. Austin an effective leader?
Austin was quiet, soft spoken, able to get along with any different people, trustworthy, driven, and determined.
Explain why the fees Stephen F Austin charged colonists for his services was attractive to people in the US.
12.5 cents/acre - US $1.25
Austin accepted goods as payment or allow settlers to pay off the fees over time.
What geographic features made the Gulf Coast Plain a good site for Austin’s colony?
Mild climate, fertile soil, water, plenty of timber and wild game, and was near the coast, where settlers and supplies could arrive by ship
Who was appointed to issue land titles in Austin’s first colony?
Baron de Bastrop
To bring order to his first Texas colony, Austin set up a headquarters near
present-day
Le Grange
Most of the Old Three Hundred came from the United States, particularly
Louisiana
What role did Gail Borden Jr., Thomas Borden, and Joseph Baker play in
San Felipe de Austin?
They published a newspaper
The mayor of San Antonio when Stephen F. Austin first arrived there - later helped write the Constitution of 1824
Erasmo Seguin
In 1824 who was the only empresario to found a Texas colony of primarily Mexican settlers? His colony was along the lower Guadalupe River. The colony became an important ranchingcenter.
Martin de Leon
The capital of Coahuila y Texas was
Saltillo
Name for the families and single men that made up the settlers in Austin’s first Texas colony.
Old Three Hundred
Businesspeople who promoted settlement
in Texas
empresarios
In 1825 he received a grant to settle 400 families in Texas. The colony was located in the Gulf Coast Plain and the Post Oak Belt.More than 525 people lived in Gonzales, the colony’s main town, by 1831. Most successful following Austin.
Green Dewitt
Heads of households would receive ___ acres of
land. A married man could claim another ___ acres, plus ___ acres for each child. Slaveholders could claim __ acres per slave.
640
320
160
80
The law governor Martinez passed under which Austin’s grant was secure. He would receive about 100,000 acres once he had settled 300 families.
He also received permission to set up a local government.
Imperial Colonization Law
Settlements in Austin’s colony were closest
to what two rivers.
Brazos and the Colorado
