Mexican National Era

Mexican National

Era

Objective 1

Vocabulary

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A system of government in which citizens elect leaders to make decisions about the laws for all the people

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a person born in Mexico whose parents were born in Spain

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Multiple Choice

priest who led the first major Mexican revolt against Spanish rule in 1810

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• Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla

• Jose Gutierrez de Lara

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A document that spells out how a government runs

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Why did Mexico want independence from Spain?

Cause

Effect

Spain did NOT allow people born
outside of Spain to have good jobs in
the colony of Mexico.

Most people that lived in Mexico were
born in Mexico. Spain's rule about
employment excluded the majority of
Mexican citizens from good jobs
including crillo citizens.

Crillo- a person born in Mexico whose
parents were born in Spain

Multiple Choice

Which one is not true?

• Spain did NOT allow people born outside of Spain to have good jobs in the colony of Mexico.

• Most people that lived in Mexico were born in Spain

• Spain's rule about employment excluded the majority of Mexican citizens from good jobs including crillo citizens.

Why did Mexico want independence from Spain?

Cause

Effect

Spain seized money and property
from Mexican churches.

The churches in Mexico were the
biggest employer in the colony. Taking
away the wealth from the churches
took away money and employment
from the Mexican people.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true?

• Spain seized money and property from Mexican churches.

• Taking away the wealth from the churches took away money and employment from the Spanish people.

• The churches in Mexico were the biggest employer in the colony.

Why did Mexico want independence from Spain?

Cause

Effect

Spain created a representative
government.

Mexico was denied representation in
the Spanish government.

Multiple Choice

Which of the following is not true?

• Mexico was given representation in the Spanish government.

• Spain created a representative government.

Events and People of Mexican Independence

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Event/Person

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Father Miguel Hidalgo y
Costilla

Catholic Priest
1810- Delivered Grito de Dolores or Cry of
Dolores calling for an uprising against the
Spanish government.
He was executed as a traitor of Spain.

"My Children, a new dispensation comes
to us today... will you free yourselves? Will
you recover the lands stolen 300 years
ago from your forefathers by the hated
Spaniards? We must act at once!"

Events and People of Mexican Independence

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Event/Person

Details

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Jose Bernardo Gutierres de
Lara

Leader of the Mexica Republican Army.
worked with volunteers from the United
States.

The Gutierrez-Magee
Expedition

Gutierrez partnered with American
Augustus Magee to fight the Spanish
Royalist Army.

Captured Nacogdoches and La Bahia.
Pushed the Spanish troops back to San
Antonio- the location of the Battle of
Medina.

Events and People of Mexican Independence

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Event/Person

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Battle of Medina

Gutierrez-Magee Expedition vs. Spanish
Royalist Army.
The Expedition was defeated by Spanish
Army.
Encouraged others to join the fight for
independence.

Mexican Independence

Mexico wins independence from Spain!

1821

Exit Ticket

Multiple Choice

Who delivered "El Grito de Dolores", known as the call for Mexican Indepedence?

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Jose Gutierrez

• Criollo

Multiple Choice

Mexican rebels lost this battle which ended the Gutierrez Magee Expedition

• Battle of San Antonio

• Battle of Dolores

• Battle of Medina

Multiple Choice

In what year did Mexico gain Independence?

• 2021

• 1519

• 1821

Multiple Choice

Who did Mexico gain independence from?

• France

• Spain

• The United States

Mexican Constitution of 1824

Land

Mexico is now independent of the
Spanish government.
All lands in North America that had
been claimed by Spain now belong to
Mexico.

Multiple Choice

All lands in North America that had
been claimed by Spain now belong to
Texas.

• True

• False

Mexican Constitution of 1824

Religion

The national religion will be Roman
Catholic.

Multiple Choice

The official religion in Mexico was...

• Christianity

• Catholicism

• Buddhism

• Carpenter

Mexican Constitution of 1824

Texas

Texas and Coahuila were combined
into one state.
Because there was a very small
number of people in each territory.

Multiple Choice

Texas and Coahuila were made into one state because

• they had a small population

• they had a large population

• they didn't have representation

Mexican Constitution of 1824

Government

The new Mexican government would
be

Representative- the people vote to
choose the people who will govern
for them
Federalist- the states and the federal
(national) government would share
power and work together.
States would decide on voting rights.

Multiple Choice

VOCABULARY

the people vote to
choose the people who will govern
for them

• representation

• federalism

• criollo

Objective 2

Vocabulary

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the Spanish word for a land agent whose job it was to bring new settlers into an area- Texas

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government gift of land to settle in Mexico.

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English-speaking settler from the United States.

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Before Mexican Independence

Spanish Settlement

●Spain had difficulty establishing and maintaining successful permanent
settlements in east Texas since the 1600s.

○Native people worked hard to protect their homeland.

○There was always the threat of the French moving into Texas.

○Anglo settlers from the United States began to move into Texas.

■Spain called these settlers filibusters.

■Philip Nolan was arrested by Spanish officials for "spreading
unrest and causing trouble in Texas"

Multiple Choice

Which one is not true about spanish settlement?

• • Native people worked hard to leave their homeland.

• • There was always the threat of the French moving into Texas.

• Anglo settlers from the United States began to move into Texas.

After Mexican Independence

Mexican Settlement

●The new government wanted Mexican citizens to settle in east Texas to
help protect the border.

●Anglos from the United States were allowed to settle in Mexico under the
State Colonization Law of 1825.

○Settlers had to follow Mexican laws.

○Follow the Roman Catholic faith

●Slavery was outlawed in Mexico and all of its territories in 1829.

○This did not stop American slaveholders from moving to Texas and
keeping enslaved people.

Multiple Choice

Which one is not a part of the State Colonization Law of 1825?

• • Anglos had to become Catholic

• • Settlers had to follow Mexican laws.

• Slavery was allowed

• Slavery was not allowed

Empresarios

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Empresario

Details

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Moses Austin

●1820 negotiated the first empresario contract.

●He traveled to San Antonio to get permission
to bring anglo settlers to Texas from the
United States.

●He died before he could fulfill his contract.

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Stephen F. Austin

●Son of Moses Austin.

●Took over his father's empresario contract.

●1821: brought the first 300 anglo settlers to
Texas. The Old 300.

●Father of Texas

Multiple Choice

He was the first empresario to get permission from Mexico

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

Multiple Choice

He never got to be an empresario

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

Multiple Choice

He was the first empresario to get permission from Spain

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

Empresarios

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Empresario

Details

2

Martin De Leon

●Brought 100 families from Mexico.

●Settled near Victoria.

●Only empresario to bring families from
Mexico and not the United States.

Empresarios

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Empresario

Details

3

Green De Witt

●Brought 400 families to Texas.

●Settled near Gonzales

●Second most successful empresario

Multiple Choice

He brought the first Mexican families to Texas

• Green De Witt

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

• Martin De Leon

Multiple Choice

Settled his colony in Victoria

• Green De Witt

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

• Martin De Leon

Multiple Choice

Settled his colony near Gonzales

• Green De Witt

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

• Martin De Leon

Colonization

Spain

●Method: Missions

●Purpose: Claim land and resources to gain more power than
France.

Colonization

Mexican

●Method: Empresarios with land grants.

●Purpose: Wanted to set up Texas as a buffer to potential
enemies to the north.

Colonization

Anglo

●Method: Empresarios with land grants.

●Purpose: Economic- grow cash crops on cheap land.

Exit Ticket

Multiple Choice

The most successful Empresario

• Green De Witt

• Martin De Leon

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

Multiple Choice

Mexico colonized Texas by using

• land grants

• missions

• religion

• war

Multiple Choice

The Father of Texas

• Green De Witt

• Martin De Leon

• Stephen F. Austin

• Moses Austin

Multiple Choice

What document allowed Anglos to move to Texas?

• The Constitution of 1824

• The Colonization Law of 1825

• El Grito de Dolores