Spanish Colonization/ Mexican Rev/ Empresario

Many Anglo immigrants in Texas supported

• Texas being its own state

• abolishing slavery

• General Santa Anna

• the election of Sam Houston

Why is 1519 important?

• San Antonio de Valero was created

• Pineda mapped the coast of Texas

• Mexico declared independence

• Texas declared independence

Why is 1718 significant

• Hernan Cortez lands in Mexico

• Cabeza De Vaca publishes his book

• San Antonio de Valero was constructed

• Coronado went in search of "Cibola"

1821 is an important year for Texas history because

• Texas declared independence from Mexico

• Mexico achieved its independence from Spain

• Father Hidalgo delivered his "Grito de Dolores"

• San Antonio de Valero was built

What brought French explorer René-Robert Cavalier, Sieur de La Salle to the coast of Texas?

• Gold

• Furs

• He believed the Mississippi River emptied out in Texas

• A hurricane forced him to crash land in Texas

What led the first group of Spanish colonists to journey to Texas?

• Gold

• Converting Native American into Catholics

• responding to the French coming into Texas

• More land

Which activities took place in Catholic missions in Texas during the eighteenth century?

• Priests led Indians through their daily activities

• Indians learned to hunt better

• execution of Indians

• Indians taught the Spanish their ways

Which Mexican leader helped bring a troop of volunteers from the United States to Texas, where they joined in the struggle for Mexican independence from Spain?

• Santa Anna

• Jose Gutierrez de Lara

• Father Hidalgo

• Cabeza De Vaca

Which Catholic priest started Mexico’s War of Independence from Spain by delivering a famous sermon in 1810?

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Vicente Guerrero

• Jose Gutierrez de Lara

• Agustin de Iturbide

How was the power in Mexico's government organized under the Constitution of 1824

• state governments held all political power

• National government held all the powert

• The president was all powerful

• Power was shared between the state and national governments