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Angelo- American

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a person who lives in the USA, but has English or British ancestry

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Mexican National Era

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This was the time when Texas was part of Mexico

1821-1836

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Moses Austin

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Born in Connecticut
Moved to San Antonio in 1820
Asked to start a new colony but was denied
Mexican Government didn’t trust him

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Mexican Constitution of 1824

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Created the state of Coahuila and Texas.Created political tension and divided the reigon

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Empresarios

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Land agents were granted with land to sell and supervise in Texas.

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James Long

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Captured and executed in 1822 after leading an army into Nacogdoches and declared it Independent.

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Philip Nolan

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Filibuster in Texas.

In late 1700s he entered Texas to round up wild horses and took them to U.S to sell

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Manifest Destiny

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in the 1900s, the idea that the U.S is destined by god. It brought American settlers. GTT signs had become popular

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Fillibuster

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A person who gets involved in war when not supposed to.

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Chronological

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Events that happen in order

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Land Grant

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Land that the government grant you

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Merger

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Combine 2 separate states to make a new one

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Tejano

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a Texan-Mexican Person

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Father Hidalgo

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Calls for Mexicans to take up arms against Spain.

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State Colonization Law of 1825

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A married man could receive 177 acres of Farming land and 4428 acres of grazing land

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Battle of Medina

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The army of north was defeated during the Mexican War of Independence

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Gutierrez-Magee Expedition

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forms the army of the north and attacks Spanish outpost during the Mexican war of independence

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Coahuila y Texas

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The 2 states that were merged together, created political tension

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Martin De Leon

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A Mexican Empresario
1825-established a colony
41 Mexican families in his colony

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Green DeWitt

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American Empresario

1825-started a colony with 400 allowed but no less than 200 came

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Juan Seguin

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Tejano Rancher who represented Texas at Mexican Constitutional Convention
Eventually supported Texas independence

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Stephan F Austin

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Lawyer and Legislator in US

Put aside career to fulfil his father’s dream of starting a colony in Texas

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