Mexican Texas Flashcards.
Who is the “Father of Texas”
Stephen F. Austin
Who is the “Grandfather of Texas”
Moses Austin
Who declared Texas independent?
James Long
Who gave the Grito de Dolores speech?
Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla
Why did Moses Austin think settlers would want to come to Texas?
For CHEAP land.
Who is the first filibuster?
Phillip Nolan
What speech sparked the Mexican Revolution?
Grito de Dolores.
What happened in 1821
Mexico Declared independence from Spain
Someone who recruits settlers to buy and move to an area.
Empresarios
First 300 families from the U.S. nickname
The old 300
What were guarantees in Inturbides Plan de Iguala.
Mexicans would be free
Be able to vote
Catholicism would be official.
U.S. Gains in the Adams-Onis Treaty.
They got the neutral land Florida.
Spain’s Gains in the Adams-Onis Treaty
They got all of Texas
What was the bloodiest battle in Texas history
The Battle of Medina
Who bought the Louisiana Purchase?
THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA
