Spanish Colonization and Mexican IndependencReview Texas History

Missions, presidios and towns were all element of this era-

• Age of Exploration

• Spanish Colonial Era

• Gilded Age

• Bronze Age

Issued a Grito de Dolores calling for Mexican Independence-

• Father Miguel Hidalgo

• Agustín de Iturbide
• Vicente Guerrero
• José María Morelos

Created the first Constitutional government in Texas, gave people liberties, will be ignored by Santa Anna.

• Texas Constitution of 1836

• Texas Declaration of Independence
• Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824

• Treaty of Velasco

What are ways Spain had influenced Texas?

• Native American alliances and conflicts.
• British colonization and governance.
• French exploration, treaties, and trade agreements.
• Spanish colonization, missions, law, culture, and language.

To protect their claims to land in Texas against French settlement, the Spanish

• established missions and presidios
• expanded agricultural settlements
• signed treaties with Native Americans
• built forts along the coast

The first Empersario contract was issued to-

• Moses Austin
• Sam Houston
• James Bowie
• Stephen F. Austin

True or False: Stephen F. Austin spoke Spanish and had a good relationship with the Mexican government.

• False
• True

Stephen F. Austin purposely chose land near-

• The Beach

• Rivers and Trees

• Palo Duro Canyon

• Mountain Ranges

What were the, "Old 300?"

• The original settlers in Texas under Stephen F. Austin's land grant.
• The first Texas state legislature members.
• A group of Native American tribes in Texas.
• A famous Texas barbecue restaurant chain.

What did Empersario land grants do?

• Empresario land grants were primarily for military purposes.
• Empresario land grants restricted immigration to Texas.
• Empresario land grants facilitated population growth and development of land in Texas by encouraging Anglo immigration.

• Empresario land grants were only available to wealthy landowners.