The Road to TX Revolution

Moses Austin

• The first person to get permission to bring Anglo settlers into Texas. Dies before he can.

• Tejano rancher who represented Texas at the Mexican Constitutional convention; located land for the Austin Colony and supported Texas independence

• a Dutch businessman and land owner known for his money in Anglo-American settlement of Texas

Stephen F. Austin

• Continues his father's dream by settling 300 families from the United States.

• a Dutch businessman and land owner known for his money in Anglo-American settlement of Texas

• Tejano rancher who represented Texas at the Mexican Constitutional convention; located land for the Austin Colony and supported Texas independence

Old Three Hundred

• Settlers to Texas with Stephen F. Austin

• Business people who promoted migration to the Texas colonies

• Region marking the farthest edge of settlement by a country or group of people

Empresario

• a Mexican empresario who settled 200 Mexican families in South Texas (between the Lavaca and Guadalupe River). He and his wife founded the town of Victoria in 1824.

• Business people who promoted migration to the Texas colonies

• Settlers to Texas with Stephen Austin

Immigrant

• People who move from one country to another

• Texas settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent

• people whose ancestors moved from one of many European countries to the United States and who now share a common culture and language

Tejano

• People who move from one country to another

• Texas settlers of Spanish or Mexican descent

• people whose ancestors moved from one of many European countries to the United States and who now share a common culture and language

Mexican Constitution of 1824

• The constitution written after Mexico became independent from Spain.

• when the people of a country or area govern themselves instead of being ruled by another country

• a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.

Revolution

• a forcible overthrow of a government or social order in favor of a new system.

• when the people of a country or area govern themselves instead of being ruled by another country

• A document which spells out the principles by which a government runs and the fundamental laws that govern a society

Land Grant

• a grant of land by the federal government, especially for roads, railroads, or agricultural colleges

• Business people who promoted migration to the Texas colonies

• Military adventurers who came to Texas from the United States in the early 1800s

Baron de Bastrop

• a Dutch businessman and land owner known for his money in Anglo-American settlement of Texas

• Tejano rancher who represented Texas at the Mexican Constitutional convention; located land for the Austin Colony and supported Texas independence

• an important American empresario who settled 166 families in the area near present-day Gonzales