Chapter 8: Texas on the Mexican Frontier

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The presidios were created to

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defend the northern borders of New Spain

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The value of Texas and other frontier territories was in their location.

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location

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Creating buffers between Mexico and its northern neighbors

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gave the Mexican army time to respond to threats

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The Mexican government did not want to pay for failing missions, so

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the government secularized them.

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What high-ranking official in the state of Coahuila argued that Texas was important to Mexican security?

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Miguel Ramos Arizpe

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Many American farmers

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were eager to move into the rich prairies of Texas.

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Who was appointed to issue land titles in Austin's first colony?

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Baron de Bastrop

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To bring order to his first Texas Colony, Austin set up a headquarters near present-day

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La Grange

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Most of the Old Three Hundred came from the United States, particularly

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Louisiana

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What role did Gail Borden Jr, Thomas Borden, and Joseph Baker play in San Felipe de Austin?

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They published a newspaper.