Unit 5 Gone to Texas

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When a lot of people move to a location in order to live there

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Settlement

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A settlement ruled by another country.

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Colony

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Anglo

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English-speaking settler in Texas

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Tejano

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Spanish speaking inhabitants of Texas

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Texian

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Any person living in Texas

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The first 300 American families to move to Mexican Texas

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The Old 300

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Known as the Father of Texas, led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States.

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Stephen F. Austin

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Mexico gains independence from Spain

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1821

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First American to receive Spanish land grant in Mexico, later Texas. He died and passed land to his son.

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Moses Austin

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An important American empresario who settled 166 families in the area near present day Gonzales.

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Green DeWitt