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Texas history
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Advocated | publicly recommend or support |
| expanding | getting bigger |
| friars | people who belonged to religious orders but lived and worked among the general public |
| endorsed | supported |
| obligated | required |
| governance | System of rules and processes set up by an organization |
| evaluate | Examine and judge carefully. |
| presidio | a fort or military outpost |
| Spanish mission | Set up by the Spanish to convert the Indians to Christianity (Catholicism) |
| Massanet | A friar who founded the mission San Francisco de los Tejas, the first mission in East Texas |
| The name of Father Damien Massanet's mission in east Texas and it's struggles | Built Mission San Francisco De Los Tejas, faced disease outbreaks, drought, flood, and conflicts with the Caddo |
| Francisco Hidalgo | A Catholic priest and Spanish missionary who established the mission Nuestro Padre San Francisco de los Tejas. He later fought for Mexican Independence. |
| Father Francisco Hidalgo's mission contributions | Built Mission San Juan Bautista, re-built Mission San Francisco De Los Tejas, finished career at San Antonio De Valero (Alamo) |
| Why did the first Spanish mission is east Texas fail? | the caddo Native Texans did not like the Spanish way of life |
| why did the spanish decide rebuild the missions in east texas | keep french settlers and traders out of Texas |
| What do we call the the San Antonio de Valero mission today? | Alamo |
| what were 2 problems of the San Antonio missions had | 1. attacked by indians 2. getting the Indians to agree |
| why did the spanish stop building missions in texas | 1. missions cost to much 2. not enough Indians |
| The Franciscans priest also taught the indians | carpentry and masonry so they could help to built the Mission buildings |
| The purpose of the friars Texas was to? | Convert the Indigenous in Texas to Catholics and to teach them the Spanish way of life. |
| Positive Effects of Spanish Missions | 1. Ranching in Texas 2. Introduction of Spanish language and foods |
| Negative Effects of Spanish Missions | Diseases, Native Texan tribes suffered casualties |
| Adams-Onis Treaty | 1. Agreement in which Spain gave up all of Florida to the United States 2. United States recognized Spanish control over Texas |
| Mexican Federal Constitution of 1824 | Central Government weak & states controlled their own affairs, including Texas & Coahuila |
| A law that further opened Texas to settlement and immigration by giving land to new settlers | State Colonization Law of 1825 |
| Why Mexican settlers didn't want to come to Texas | hostile Indians, too far from Mexico City and civilization, no gold and silver to be found |
| Mexican state that Texas was part of | Coahuila y Tejas |
| Moses Austin | First American to receive Spanish land grant in Mexico, later Texas. He died and passed land to his son. |
| Stephen Austin | known as the Father of Texas, led the second and ultimately successful colonization of the region by bringing 300 families from the United States. |
| location of Austin's capital (San Felipe) in his colony | on the Brazos River |
| empresarios | land agents who were contracted by the Mexican republic to bring settlers to Texas in the early 1800s |
| Requirements for Anglo Americans under the Colonization Law of 1825 | 1. Become Catholic 2. Live and work on the land (ranching/farming) 3. Eventually become a Mexican citize |
| Texas under Mexican rule | Mexicans gain independence from Spain in 1821 and a new regime grants a tract of land to Stephen Austin in 1823 in order for him to populate the area with 300 US families, all of which should be Roman Catholic and become Mexicanized. |
| What attracted Anglo Americans to Texas? | cheap land and an opportunity to start over |
| GTT | Gone to Texas; phrase used by Americans immigrating to Texas in the 19th century often to escape debt incurred during the Panic of 1819 |
| Old 300 | The name given to Austin's first 300 settlers in his new colony |
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