Test 2 Flashcards
Thomas Ashe
- rode through the Appalachians and wrote what he saw
- liked to fight
- founding member of the Irish Volunteers
- fought British forces
Moses Austin
- constant entrapreneur
- wanted success for his family and name
- lead mining, banking, land speculation
- sent SFA to a very prestigious boarding school
- died of ammonia
- sent a final letter to SFA asking him to move to Texas and fufill his dream
Stephen F Austin
- son of Moses Austin
- one of the few with a college education in Texas
- learned to speak, write, and read proper Spanish
- signed documents in his Spanish name
- very cultured man
Martin De Leon
- the only Mexican empresario to found a colony in Texas
- came from a family of wealth
- captain, highest rank of the criollos (purebred spainards/elite ground)
McGloin and McMullen
The two applied for and received a grant from Mexico in 1828 to colonize 200 Irish families on the Nueces River
Power and Hewston
Partnership to establish a colony and applied for an empresario contract to colonize the Texas coast with Irish Catholic and Mexican families
Lorenzo De Zavala
- first vice president of the republic of Texas
- got a grant to settle 500 families along the southeastern Texas
- active supporter in the independence movement
- drafted the constitution of the rep of Texas
- translator for Sam Houston when communicating with Santa Ana
Jane McManus Storm Caznieu
- beautiful
- only lived in Texas for 8-10 years
- early 1830’s: wanted Germans to come to America
- came up with “manifest destiny”
- went by male names
- spied for USA
- died on a boat coming from NYC
David G. Burnet
**look up more dumbass
-him and Sam Houston hated each other
Sam Houston
- noticed by Andrew Jackson for his ability to fight and leadership in the battle of Fort Memes
- gets shot in the thigh that never really heals
Miguel Hidalgo
- part of the elite “coriollos” group of Mexico
- catholic priest
- odd and bad morals
- father of Mexican Revolution
- released the “gritto de delores”, mexican dec of ind.
- put to death in summer of 1811
Reasons for the collapse of Spain in Western Hemisphere
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-spanish empire failed
Erasmo Seguin
- a good man to know in order to make money
- San Antonio political figure, businessman, postmaster
Baron de Bastrop
- respected man
- advice is listened to
- took Moses Austin to governors office and convinces him to give Austin a land grant
Samuel May Williams
-Entrepreneur & associate of Stephen F. Austin
Panic of 1819
- First major financial crisis
- The bust of the boom (Banks and land values collapse)
- The Austin’s lost it all
Augustin de Iturbide
- 1821/1822 Mexican agents travel Europe looking for king/queen of Mexico
- They find… Augustin I
- Empire from May 19th 1822 to March 19th 1823
- Shot and killed in 1824
John Q. Adams
- Sixth president of the US (1825-1829)
- Started the Republican party
Charles Dickinson
- Was killed by Andrew Jackson
- Studied law under US Chief Justice John Marshall
Ayuntamiento
The principle governing body of the Spanish municipalities
Functioned as the town council
Fort Mims
- 1813 Creek indians led by William Wetherford(chief red eagle)
- The Red Sticks
- Attacked innocent people
- Killed people hardcore
- Jackson comes off death bed to aveng them
Write a biographical sketch of the Austin family
- Hey Sarah, go fuck yourself that Bexar shit wasn’t on the fist review!!
- Father= Moses Austin (5 Children~3lived to maturity)
- Two sons= Stephen F. And Brown Austin
- One daughter= Emily Austin
Andrew Jackson
- man of hatred
- marries Rachel Roberts
- nickname “Old Hickory”
- becomes president
- general of the Tennessee Militia
- took good care of his army when the government denied them any funds
- killed Charles Dickens
- evolved the Democratic Party
Borderlander Culture
- Scottish clan of 100,000
- 1725-1775
