TX23 - TX Revolution - Conflicts

Put these eras of Texas History in the correct CHRONOLOGICAL order:

• Texas Revolution

• Spanish Colonial Era

• Age of Contact

• Mexican National Era

• Natural Texas and Its People

Spanish explorers first arrived in Texas during the ​ (a)   era of Texas History.​

• Age of Contact
• Natural Texas and Its People
• Spanish Colonial
• Mexican National

• Which era of Texas History includes all of these events [and the picture provided]?

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• * Texas settlement was encouraged by Mexican officials

• * Stephen F. Austin settled the first Anglos in Texas

• * Martin de Leon brought Mexican settlers to Texas

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Mexican National Era

Age of Contact

Spanish Colonial Era

Natural Texas and Its People

Match the following eras of Texas History:

• Anglo settlement of Texas is encouraged

• AGE OF CONTACT

• Spanish explorers arrive in Texas

• NATURAL TEXAS AND ITS PEOPLE

• missions and presidios to spread culture

• SPANISH COLONIAL ERA

• Texan colonists fight for independence

• TEXAS REVOLUTION

• where they live determines how they live

• MEXICAN NATIONAL ERA

Use the map provided to identify which region most of the Anglo and Tejano colonists lived in during the 1830s.

Spain controlled the area of Texas for just over 300 years [from Pineda in 1519 to Mexican Independence in 1821] but were unsuccessful in colonizing the area - most of the missions and presidios built by Spain were eventually abandoned.

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• Question: In just 1 or 2 sentences, explain how the new government of Mexico was able to control Texas better than Spain did.

After taking a​ (a)   [official counting of the population], Mexico was worried that there were too many​ (b)   [white, English-speaking people] living in Texas and that they were not loyal to Mexico. Mexico's distrust deepened when the U.S. sent their​ (c)   [person representing one country to another country] to offer $1 million for the U.S. to buy Texas. This distrust, and rising tension, will eventually lead to a ​ (d)   [a forcible overthrow of a political system] in Texas.

• census
• Anglos
• ambassador
• revolution
• empresario
• constitution

Organize these options into the right categories

Groups:

(a) Mier y Teran's Investigations

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(b) Law of April 6, 1830

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(c) Turtle Bayou Resolutions

• no more immigration from the U.S. to Texas

• Anglos outnumber Tejanos by 10 to 1

• more Mexican soldiers move to Texas

• the Texans say they are supporting Santa Anna

• the Texans declare their loyalty to Mexico

• the Anglo settlers have no respect for Mexico