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7th Ringcard 70-89
Ringcard Vocab 70-89
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Moses Austin | received approval from Spain to bring American settlers to Texas, died and passed task on to son. |
| Stephen F. Austin (SFA) | after Mexican Independence from Spain he gained approval from Mexican government to bring American settlers to Texas. (first empresario) |
| Old Three Hundred | first organized group of U.S. settlers, which included 300 families brought by SFA and settled in Austin’s colony. |
| Martin de Leon | only empresario to found a primarily Mexican colony. |
| Erasmo Sequin | a representative from Texas, helped write the Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824, which encouraged U.S. immigration to Texas. |
| Tariffs | taxes on imported goods. |
| San Felipe de Austin | capital of Austin’s colony. |
| Dictator | leader with total control. |
| Immigration | the movement of non-native people into a country in order to settle there. |
| Federalism | form of government that distributes power between national and local governments. |
| Land titles | documents that prove ownership of land. |
| Democracy | a form of government in which people choose their leaders by voting. |
| Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 | established Mexico as an independent nation and was patterned after the U.S. Constitution. |
| Gone to Texas (G.T.T) | when people left town without notice in order to escape hard times, debts, criminal charges, or to buy cheap land. |
| Plantations | large scale farms that grow cash crops. |
| Empresarios | business men gained land grants from Mexico and sold to incoming settlers. |
| Migration | the movement of people from place to place. |
| Green DeWitt | received a grant to settle 400 families in Texas, located in the Gulf Coastal Plains. |
| State Colonization law of 1825 | encouraged the Empresario system which led to Anglo population growth in Texas. |
| Coahuila y Texas | State created by the Mexican government in 1824 by combining the separate states of Texas and Coahuila. |