Texas History Test#1 Review Flashcards
Pecos River
River of the cows, or “salty water”
Red River
Northern Texas, US/Mexican border for the Adams-Otis treaty until the annexation of Texas
Sabine River
Eastern boundary for the Adams-Otis treaty until the annexation of Texas
Brazos River
- “arms of God”
- longest river in Texas
- majority of population lived around it in the 20’s and 30’s
- bad about flooding until dams were built
Colorado River
- means “redish”
- originally named the Brazos but a map maker fucked up and switched the two and it stuck
- Lindon B Johnson’s big project to build dams and provide electricity in the hill country
Guadalupe River
- flooding issues in modern day Texas
- New Braunfels (German town)
Rio Grande River (Rio Bravo)
Where the first thanksgiving took place
Arlington
- 7th biggest tourist attraction in Texas
- Trinity River flows through it
- Six flags
- Cowboys Stadium
- Texas Rangers
Air Conditioning
Invented in the 20’s, Lindon B Johnson brought AC/electricity to secluded parts of Texas (hill country) with dams on the Colorado River
Nueces River
- aka “nut river”
- Texas state boundary
- Corpus Christi sits at it’s mouth
- Corpus was made from the hurricane of 1919
Neches River
- Andrew Jackson and Sam Houston
- A.J. claimed it as a trip wire in the way that if the Mexican army crossed it, America would get involved in the war (Tex. Rev.)
Adams-Onis treaty of 1819
-established 3 rivers: Neches (tripwire), Red River (northern river), and Sabine River (eastern boundary)
Andrew Jackson
- never stepped foot in the state but had a huge influence on it
- claimed Neches river as a trip wire
- very passionate
- either hated him or loved him
Christopher Columbus
- Man trying to find the new world to discover new trade routes
- Originally turned down by the Spanish queen but then she was convinced by Gabriel Sanchez to allow him to do the quest before he found trade routes for any other country
Hernan Cortes
- dies of natural causes
- great military chief
- won against millions of Aztechs
- was a seducer of women
- running from an angry husband he came to the new world
- came with many ships, weapons and armors
- Aztechs thought he was a god
- was after the three G’s: gold, glory, and god
- established Vernan Cruz (city on Gulf of Mexico)
Montezuma
- Emperor of the Aztecs
- Allowed Cortes to enter the heart of the city to study him and find the Spaniards’ weaknesses
- captured and killed by Cortes
Malinche
Woman that Cortes fell in love with, mother of his children, natural linguist and learned Spanish in a week, always honest and good to Cortes
Panfilio Narvaez
- battles Cortes’ army and is beat
- Cortes burns all his ships
- northern boss of Mexico
- teams up with Flores De Flaca
Astolabe
Instrument to navigate by using the stars
Cabeza de Vaca
-one of the survivors of the Navarez expedition who washed up on the Galveston beach area where they met Karankawa Indians
Karankawa Indians
Known for eating people for power, saved the 50 men who washed up from Navarez’s expedition by putting them by a fire to warm up, very large/tall people, good hunters
Coahulietecan Indians
Weakest tribe
North eastern New Mexico
Ate whatever they could
Hunters
Short in size
Killed young girls, only wanted boys because they didn’t want others to steal their women
Stole women from other tribes to repopulate
Caddo Indians
- East Texas
- Peaceful Tribe
- Came up with the Spanish name “Tejas” meaning “ally” or “friend”
- Catholicism was forced upon these Indians
Tonkawa Indians
- present day Oklahoma and Texas
- entered a treaty with Stephen F Austin pleading their support against the Comanche tribe
