unit 6 test texas revolution notes Flashcards
who was texas originally settled by
native americans
what country claimed the territory in the 1500s
spain
why did the spanish eventually decide to settle texas
to protect the territory from french settlement
what did the spanish build throughout texas
christian missionaries
what was the goal of the spanish christian missionaries they built
to educate and civilized the native americans
why did the mission system fail
the NA’s disliked the spanish, refused to inhabit towns, attacked missions
in 1800 how many settlements did spain have in texas
3 settlements
who made the deal with spain to colonize texas
moses austin
what happened to moses austin? who took over for him?
he died shortly after making deal with spain, his son stephen took over
how long did it take stephen to build a successful colony
four years
what happened to mexico in 1821
gained independence from spain
what did mexico want to do with texas
increase settlement
who are empresarios
people like stephen austin who recruited settlers
what was the population of texas in 1830? how many colonies are there?
30,000 settlers and 12 established colonies
who are tejanos
native texans who are of mexican heritage
what are the five mexican laws the settlers of texas had to follow
- swear allegiance to mexico
- give up US citizenship
- adopt roman catholicism as their religon
- stay on their land for 7 years
- no slavery
why did many settlers not follow the mexican law
some were protestant, some wanted slavery, people ignored the laws to live the way they wanted to
what does mexico do to force settlers to obey their laws
bans american immigration into texas
why did mexico feel the US wanted to acquire texas
It was part of the louisiana purchase, but US dropped claim with spain
why did texas want to become independent from mexico
unhappy with mexican laws
who was the mexican president, how did he respond to texas wanting independence
Antonio… santa Anna determined to keep control of texas territory
what is the name of the meeting the texans have to draw up the new government
the constitution
who does the texas territory chose as their leader, who is he
sam houston, former senator from Tennessee
what was the alamo originally? what was it turned into
old abandoned mission turned into fortress protected by 21 canons
How many troops does santa anna bring to the alamo? How many texans are there?
6,000 troops, 250 texans
who is in charge of the alamo, who is there to assist him
william travis, assisted by volunteer army lead by davy crockett (former congressman)
how long was the battle of the alamo? what resulted?
12 days, texans died, travis and crocket died
why is the battle of the alamo important?
Sam houston assembled larger army at san jacinto
What is Goliad? What happened there?
abandoned mission turned into prison, that held many texans accused of crimes against the maexican govt, santa anna’s army murdered 340 prisoners
What does Sam Houston have planned for the mexican army at San Jacinto
all out attack at san jacinto
what are the results at san jacinto
- santa anna marches into ambush
- texans were able to force the mexicans to surrender
What happens to santa anna
flees, but is found under tree
what is santa anna forced to do
forced to sign treaty after being tracked down
what are the terms of the treaty santa anna is forced to sign
mexico will withdraw troops
texas becomes independent republic
what is the moral of the story
don’t mess with texas
