Unit 4 Quiz Flashcards
The Seven Years’ War
a conflict between the powerful nations of Great Britain and France for control of North America. France lost.
Marques de Rubi
- Texas missions be abandoned, except San Antonio & Goliad
- All settlers in East Texas be moved to San Antonio.
When did Gil Y’Barbo found Nacogdoches with a settlement of 350 settlers at the location of the abandoned East Texas missions?
1779
Britain’s 13 colonies in North America rebelled against British rule
1776
Bernardo de Gálvez
- Allowed American ships to use ports in New Orleans
- Gave supplies and money
- Led Spanish troops against the British along the coast.
Treaty of Paris
U.S. gained recognition as an independent nation
U.S. purchased the Louisiana Territory from France for $15 million
- The size of the United States just doubled
- The United States now shares a border with Texas
What did Spain think the border between Texas and Louisiana was?
The Arroyo River
What did the U.S. think the border between Texas and Louisiana was?
The Sabine River
What was the Neutral Zone?
An area of land between the Sabine and Arroyo River that was not governed by any country.
Adams-Onis Treaty
United States gets:
- Sabine river is the new boundary of Texas
- Florida
Spain gets:
- U.S. promises to leave Texas alone
Filibusters
people who go to another country and try to take it over by waging war.
Philip Nolan
- The First Filibuster
- Came to Texas to capture wild horses
- Spain thought he was an American Spy
Mexican National Era
1821 - 1836
Grito de Dolores
Father Miguel Hidalgo’s “cry of pain”
Father Miguel Hidalgo
known as the Father of Mexican Independence
Gutierrez-Magee Expedition
Jose Bernardo Gutierrez de Lara traveled to the United States in 1811 to get help freeing Texas from Spanish rule. He met Augustus Magee and together they created the Republican Army of the North.
What was the result:
General Arredondo, the Spanish overwhelmed the Republican Army. They were all killed during the battle or executed after it.
Texas remained under Spanish control for another seven years.
Jean Lafitte
Moved to Galveston claiming to support the rebels, but he was more interested in stealing valuable Spanish cargo
Dr. James Long
THE LAST FILIBUSTER IN TEXAS
Plan de Iguala
- Declare Mexico independent from Spain.
- Mexican people would have equal rights
- Catholicism would be the official religion of Mexico
Treaty of Cordoba
- Spain is no longer in control of Mexico
- Texas became part of a free Mexico
Mexico gets independence
1821
Mexico writes their Constitution
1824
Federalists
believed in a weak central government that shares power with states
Centralist
believed in a central government that was stronger than the states
Mexican Constitution of 1824
- Federal Republic (Elect people)
- Catholicism is the official religion
- Divided Mexico into 19 states and 4 territories
- Created the state of Coahuila y Tejas, merging the two provinces (Texas is NOT a separate state due to the small population)
Empresario
Land agents that helped recruit and bring in settlers to an area
Moses Austin
- “The Grandfather of Texas”
- came up with an idea to bring Anglo American families to settle in Texas
- believed Americans would want to go to Spanish Texas for CHEAP LAND
Stephen F. Austin
- first empresario
- “The Father of Texas”
- Spanish sent Erasmo Seguin to help him pick land for his settlement
Stephen F. Austin’s Land
- between the Colorado and Brazos Rivers
- main city San Felipe de Austin
- The area had rich soil, access to water, and a warm climate
“Old Three Hundred”
300 families from the United States
Colonization Law of 1825
- Goal: Increase the population
- Invited colonists to move to Texas (even without empresario) by giving them up to 4,428 acres for just $30.
- Most still chose to use an empresario because they didn’t speak the language
Green DeWitt
important American empresario who settled 166 American families and founded the town of Gonzales
Martin De Leon
Mexican empresario who settled 200 Mexican families in South Texas. He and his wife founded the town of Victoria
