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Texas History Unit 4
7th grade study cards
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Erasmo Seguin | Mexican official who helped Stephen Austin get his land grants in Texas. |
| Imports | Goods for sale that are shipped INTO the country from other places. |
| Martin de Leon | The only empresario to found a mostly Mexican colony in Texas. |
| Green Dewitt | Received a grant to settle 400 families in Texas in the Coastal Plains. |
| Slavery | The owning of people as property for the purpose of labor. |
| Coahuillay Texas | State within the country of Mexico that combined two regions in order to keep Anglos from having too much power. |
| State Constitution of 1827 | Outlawed slavery, angering many American immigrants. |
| National Colonization Law of 1824 | Restricted American colonies in Texas to protect the northern territories from becoming "too American." |
| The Old 300 | Original group of American settlers brought to Texas by Stephen F. Austin. |
| Tariffs | Government taxes placed on goods imported into a country. |
| State Colonization Law of 1825 | Encouraged the empresario system to increase immigration from America. |
| Moses Austin | Father of Stephen F. Austin, got the original empresario grant from Mexico to bring American colonists into Texas before dying. |
| Stephen F. Austin | Son of Moses, most sucessful empresario in Texas, brought the old 300 into Texas to settle. |
| Juan Seguin | Tejano, and friend of Stephen Austin. |
| Empresario | An agent hired by the Mexican government to bring settlers into Texas. |
| Federalism | Divides power among branches of government including national and state governments. |
| Plantations | Large farm used to grow cash crops & usually worked by slaves. |
| Land Titles | A receipt given by the government for land that has been purchased. |
| Constitution of 1824 | Mexican constitution allowing immigration through empresarios. |
| Free Enterprise | A system in which people are free to own property and buy and sell goods at prices set by the people. |
| Immigration | Movement of people from one country to another. |
| Democracy | A government by the people, who express their power through elections. |
| Exports | Goods that are shipped OUT of the country for sale in other places. |
| Militia | An army of volunteers who often have little training or supplies. |