11 Stephen F Austin

• ​A Stephen F Austin was a lawyer and legislator in the U.S.
• B When his father, Moses, died Stephen put aside his career to fulfill his father's dream of starting a colony in Texas
  

2 Spain Loses Texas and More

• ​A September 16, 1810 Mexico Declared its independence from Spain
• B Father Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla's proclamation "Grito de Dolores" calls for Mexicans to take up arms against Spain (happened in the town of Dolores)

• B Mexican officials tried to maintain Mexican culture when issuing land grants to Anglo empresarios was by requiring settlers to practice the Catholic religion
  
• ​C This was also a requirement of the Constitution of 1824
  

6 Mexican National Changes

• ​A Many Americans and Mexicans migrated to Mexican Texas in the 1820's to obtain cheap farm land
• B The establishment of Anglo-American settlements is a major change that occurred in Texas society during the Mexican National Era​

8 Empresarios

• ​A Empresarios were land agents that were granted land to sell and supervise in Texas
• B There were Anglo-American as well as Mexican Empresarios
  
• C The State Colonization Law of 1825 supported the Empresario system
  
• ​D Most Texas Empresarios received land grants in 1823
  

Why are the cities of Dallas and Houston not on this map?

1 Filibusters

• ​A Filibusters are rebels who fight against a foreign country
• B Filibusters came to Texas and fought against the Spanish and Mexican governments
  

5 Juan Seguin

• ​A Juan Seguín was a Tejano rancher who represented Texas at the Mexican Constitutional Convention, located land for the first Austin colony, and eventually supported Texas independence
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13 Martin de Leon

• ​A Mexican Empresario
  
• B 1825 established colony
• C 41 Mexican families in his colony

4 The Constitution of 1824

• ​A The Constitution of 1824 created the state of Coahuila and Texas. This merger of the two geographic regions eventually resulted in political tensions that divided the region
  

• C Stephen F Austin  founded the first large Anglo colony in Texas
• D His settlers were known as the "Old 300" They were the first 300 Anglo-American families in Texas 

9 Land Grant Locations

• ​A Most Texas land grants were located in east and central Texas because Mexican officials wanted to settle areas closest to the United States
• ​B The Coastal Plains Region had the most successful land grants in Texas
  

• ​C The population of Texas changed during the Mexican National Era because enslaved African Americans were brought to Texas​
  

10 Moses Austin

• ​A Born in Connecticut
• B Lived and worked in Missouri
  
• C Moved to San Antonio in 1820
  
• ​D Asked for permission to start a colony but was denied​

• E Under the state colonization law, a married man could receive 177 acres of farming land and 4,428 acres of grazing land.
  
• F An unmarried man could receive one-quarter of this amount. ​

13 Meanwhile in America

• ​A The American Revolution had occurred after the Declaration of Independence on 4 July 1776.
• B The war was won at the Battle of Yorktown in 1781
  
• C The new nation survives the Articles of Confederation 
  
• ​D The U.S. Constitution was written in 1787 with the ever important Bill of Rights added to it in 1791
  

• ​E The Louisiana Purchase is made in 1803 doubling the size of the U.S.
  
• F After many years of tension with England another war, The War of 1812 is fought
  
• G The Nation spreads west across the continent during Manifest Destiny
  

• ​D Long Expedition
  
  • ​1 Filibuster James Long was captured and executed in 1822 after leading an army into Nacogdoches and declared it independent
  • ​2 Jane Long was one of the first Anglo American women to settle in Texas. She became known as the “Mother of Texas”  
    

• ​E Gutierrez Magee Expedition
  
  • ​1 Agustus Magee and Bernardo Gutierrez form the Army of the North and they attacks Spanish outposts during the Mexican War for Independence
  • ​2 Expedition started in Nacogdoches in 1812 where they declared Texas independent from Spain.
    
  • ​3 The Army of the North was defeated during the Mexican War for independence at the Battle of Medina
    

3 Mexican National Era

• ​A This was the time when Texas was a part of Mexico
• ​B 1821-1836
  

7 Gone to Texas

• ​A The idea of Manifest Destiny drove American settlers West toward Texas
• ​B So many people left their homes in the United States to come to Texas that “G.T.T.” (Gone To Texas) signs became common
  

• E Mexican government did not trust him because of the Filibusters
  
• F A local Mexican Nobleman supports Moses Austin and he gets an Empersario grant
  
• ​G Moses Austin becomes ill and dies while recruiting people for his colony
  

12 Green DeWitt

• ​A American Empresario
  
• B1825 established colony
• C 400 families allowed in his colony but less than 200 came
  
• ​D Near Gonzalez Texas, South West of Austin
  

• ​C Philip Nolan
  
  • ​1 First filibuster in Texas
    
  • 2 Late 1700's he entered Texas to round up wild horses and took them back to the U.S. to sell
    
  • ​3 He plotted to claim land in Texas for the U.S. in the 1790's
    

• C Hidalgo's Army marched across Mexico defeating the Spanish
• ​D Until he was captured and killed on July 30,1811
  
• E Others carried on his fight
  
• F Mexico Gained its independence from Spain in 1821
  

• G The settler had to improve the land and pay a nominal fee to the state.
  
• H Although some Empresarios were successful many were not due to the high cost of obtaining grants,  having land surveyed, and the long wait for approval
  

Mexican National Era and Empresarios