TX23 - TX Revolution Preview

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

• Age of Contact

• Spanish Colonial Era

• Mexican National Era

• Natural Texas and Its People

Match the following eras of Texas History correctly:

• early people migrate and build cultures

• Spanish Colonial Era

• missions and presidios are built

• Age of Contact

• Texas settlement is encouraged by Mexico

• Mexican National Era

• Spanish explorers arrive in Texas

• Natural Texas and Its People

Write a one [1] sentence summary of the "Age of Contact" era.

Write a one [1] sentence summary of the Mexican National Era.

Why did Mexico distrust the U.S. during the 1820s?

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• YOU MUST CHOOSE TWO [2] CORRECT ANSWERS

• the U.S. was spreading westward during the 1820s

• the U.S. had tried to buy Texas for $1 million

• the U.S. had declared war on Mexico twice in the 1820s

• the U.S. thought that most of Mexico had been part of the Louisiana Purchase deal

• * largest and most populated region

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• * region that had MOST of the empresario land grants

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• * region where MOST of the Texas Revolution happens

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Coastal Plains

North Central Plains

Great Plains

Mountains and Basins

Match the following people to their important actions during the Mexican National Era:

• started the Mexican Revolution in 1810

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• started the Fredonian Rebellion

• Haden Edwards

• started the first Anglo settlement in TX

• Stephen F. Austin

• leader of the Mexican Revolution

• Augustine de Iturbide

Put each of these events under the correct date:

Groups:

(a) 1519

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(b) 1685

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(c) 1718

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(d) 1821

• Pineda mapped the coast of Texas

• "The Alamo" mission was established

• A French fort was built in Spanish territory

• Cortes conquered the Aztecs

• LaSalle accidentally found Texas

• Mexico won independence from Spain

• Texas settlement was encouraged by Mexican officials

• San Antonio was established