Unit 3 Checkpoint Review

Father of Texas

• Moses Austin

• Martin de Leon

• Stephen F. Austin

• Father HIdalgo

Introduced ranching to Texas

• Moses Austin

• Martin de Leon

• Stephen F. Austin

• Father HIdalgo

first to receive permission to bring Anglo settlers to Texas

• Moses Austin

• Martin de Leon

• Stephen F. Austin

• Father HIdalgo

What was the main job of the empresarios?

• Establish Anglo-American colonies in Texas.

• Build missions to spread Catholic religion to Native Americans.

• Travel to Mexico City to steal goods and animals for Texas.

Adams-Onis Treaty

• 1819 treaty that set the boundary between New Spain and the United States

• Officially gave Louisiana to the United State

• Texas Annexation

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Requirements to Settle in Stephen F. Austin's Colony

• Must become Roman Catholic

• Must become a Mexican citizen

• Must be a law abiding citizen and of good moral character

• Join the military

Cause: Austin's colonies were very successful

Effect: ???

• Native Americans welcomed the newcomers to their lands.

• He and his colonists found an easy life in Texas.

• The economy of Texas improved through agriculture and trading.

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Anglo purposes for coming to Texas

• Gain cheap land for agriculture

• Flee problems in the United States

• Spread Christianity

• Lower taxes

shared power between the national government and the state governments

• Federalism

• Centralism

• Separation of Powers

How did the Mexican Constitution of 1824 affect Texas?

• It made slavery legal.

• Coahuila and Texas were merged into one state.

• All immigration from the U.S. was stopped.