Unit 8 Vocab (Republic of Texas)

Treaties of Velasco

• paper money issued by the Republic of Texas under the leadership of Mirabeau B. Lamar as a way to stop an economic crisis

• Treaty which ended the Texas Revolution; there were two versions of this treaty, one public and one secret 

• A country’s relationships and dealings with other countries

Santa Fe Expedition

• An 1841 commercial and military expedition to secure the Republic of Texas's claims to parts of Northern New Mexico for Texas

• 1842 invasion of Mier, Mexico by Texas troops, part of continuing efforts by both Texas and Mexico to control the land between the Rio Grande and Nueces River

• a law passed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas  in 1839 that protected a family’s home and up to fifty acres of land from being seized for payment of debts

Revenue

• Conflict that arose when Austin residents opposed the transfer of government archives to Washington-on-the-Brazos in 1842; moving the archives was part of Sam Houston's efforts to make Houston the capital of Texas again

• An act passed by Congress allowing all free African Americans, who were in Texas at the time Texas wrote its Declaration of Independence, to stay in the state

• government income; money taken in or earned by the government

Redbacks

• paper money issued by the Republic of Texas under the leadership of Mirabeau B. Lamar as a way to stop an economic crisis

• a budget where what is spent is not more than the amount of money taken in

• a group of advisors to the head of state, like a president

Mier Expedition

• 1842 invasion of Mier, Mexico by Texas troops, part of continuing efforts by both Texas and Mexico to control the land between the Rio Grande and Nueces River

• An act passed by Congress allowing all free African Americans, who were in Texas at the time Texas wrote its Declaration of Independence, to stay in the state

• a budget where what is spent is not more than the amount of money taken in

Homestead Law

• a building in which government officials meet

• a group of advisors to the head of state, like a president

• a law passed by the Congress of the Republic of Texas  in 1839 that protected a family’s home and up to fifty acres of land from being seized for payment of debts

Foreign Relations

• formal joining of one political region to another

• A country’s relationships and dealings with other countries

• a group of advisors to the head of state, like a president

Expenditures

• expenses; money someone spends

• 1838 uprising led by Tejano Vincente Cordova in and around Nacogdoches, Texas to fight for Tejano rights

• An act passed by Congress allowing all free African Americans, who were in Texas at the time Texas wrote its Declaration of Independence, to stay in the state

Council House Fight

• a budget where what is spent is not more than the amount of money taken in

• formal joining of one political region to another

• 1840 exchange of hostages meeting, that turned into a fight between the Comanches and Texans

Cordova Rebellion

• 1838 uprising led by Tejano Vincente Cordova in and around Nacogdoches, Texas to fight for Tejano rights

• government income; money taken in or earned by the government

• expenses; money someone spends