Coahuila y Texas

Why is Stephen F. Austin sometimes called the "Father of Texas"?

• freed all slaves and guranteed equal rights for all women and men

• brought families from the USA to settle in Texas and increased the population

Match each person with the correct description.

• Antonio Martinez

• Spanish and Mexican governor who allowed the Austin family to colonize Texas

• Moses Austin

• wealthy Tejano who lived in San Antonio before Anglo colonization

• Stephen F. Austin

• leader of Anglo colonization after his father died

• Erasmo Seguin

• first person to get permission from Spanish to bring Anglos to Texas

To live in Mexican Texas, Anglo settlers were required to . . .

• follow the Catholic religion

• pledge allegiance to the United States of America

• follow the rules and laws of Mexico

• join the Mexican Army

Mexico was divided into ____ states based on the Constitution of 1824.

• 10

• 19

• 25

• 50

In a system of FEDERALISM . . .

• power is shared between federal, state, and local governments

• a king or emperor has total power to rule over a country

What did Texans DISLIKE about the merger of Coahuila and Texas?

• new state capital Saltillo was located in Coahuila which was far away

• Coahuila had more power than Texas in the state legislature

• Stephen F. Austin did not want Texas to be part of Mexico

• Texans wanted to keep the monarchy led by Emperor Iturbide

What did most Texans LIKE about the Mexican Constitution of 1824?

• Mexico became a REPUBLIC which allowed people to VOTE for their leaders

• Mexico was no longer controlled by an Emperor with total power

• Texas was joined with Coahuila

• Coahuila had more representatives than Texas in the state legislature

Which are TWO true statements about the Mexican Constitution of 1824?

• based on federalism

• created a new republic

• gave more power to the emperor

• allowed Texas to become an independent nation

Match each empresario with the correct description.

• Martin DeLeon

• 2nd most succesful Anglo empresario

• Stephen F. Austin

• most successful TEJANO empresario

• Green DeWitt

• 1st and most successful Anglo empresario

The empresario system was important because it . . .

• increased the population of Mexican Texas

• allowed Mexican people to be free from Spain