history honors 2

why did Mexico want to be independent form Spain?

mexico wanted to be independent form Spain because Spain started heavily taxing Mexico and stopped sending support to its colonies

what was going on in Spain at the time of the Mexican revolution that made it hard for them to supply their colonies?

a civil war in Spain was making it hard on them to continue to support the colonies

what was the caste system of new spain

peninsulares, Criollos, mestizos/natives, slaves

who is considered to be the father of the Mexican revolution

father miguel hidalgo

what was the famous decree of father Miguel hidalgo

the famous decree of father Miguel Hidalgo was the “grito” de Dolores” or “the cry of Dolores”

what two groups of people were affected by the colonization law of 1825

anglo American settlers and empresarios were affected by the colonization law of 1825

a maor contribution of Jose Gutierrez de lara was that

he led the Gutierrez-magee expedition to help Mexico gain independence

what was the result of the gutierrez-magee expedition

the filibusters were captured and executed at the battle of medina in 1819

what did the Mexican federal constitution of 1824 allow

the electing of representatives

what did Moses and Stephen F. Austin contribute to texas

Moses and Stephen F. Austin both had important contributions to 

Texas. Moses was gifted the first Empresario contract from Spain in 

1820 before his death, passing it on to his son Stephen. Stephen 

would eventually sele “the Old 300” in the San Felipe de Austin 

colony, the most successful Empresario colony of Texas, inspiring 

Mexico to expand the system. 

who was Stephen f austin

stephen f Austin was the first empresario and leader of the “old three hundred” the first 300 families to settle in his country San Felipe de Austin on the brazos river

who was Martin de leon

matrin de Leon was an empresario who settled the town of Victoria, the only colony settled by Mexican families

who was green dewitt

green Dewitt was the empresario who established the troubled but successful dewitt’s colony that included the town of Gonzalez that would become famous during the Texas war for independence

who was erasmo suguin

erasmo suguin was the representative from Texas at the 1824 constitutional convention

who was hayden Edwards

hayden Edwards was an empresario who settled south of nacodoches

what did Hayden Edwards do after his land title was stripped

he declared his territory the “republic of fredonia” as an independent nation until the Mexican army captured and executed him

what is a method of settlement

a method of settlement is a certain was that people settle an uninhabited area

what method of settlement did the original Spanish settlers use

s spanish settlers used the mission and presidio system to settle texas

what method of settlement did the anglo settlers use

the anglo settlers used land grants from the mexican government

what religion were anglo settlers forced to be by the mexican government

the anglo settlers were forced to be catholic

what cash crop did some tejanos believe would help Texas economically

some tejanos believed the coon cash crop would be good for Texas and brought in experts from the american south to help them with their industry

who did Mexico allow Texas to be mainly settled by

mexico allowed Texas to be settled mainly by anglo American immigrants

what Mexican state was the territory of texas merged with? how did Texans feel about this

the territory of Texas was merged with the Mexican state of 

Coahuila to create Coahuila Y Tejas, Texans were excited about 

statehood but they were worried about Coahuila making the 

decisions for them.

were the anglo settlers allowed to bring their slaves with them to texas

no, slavery was not permitted in the Mexican state of Texas y Coahuila so they could not bring their slave

what’s the difference between Spanish and angle settlements in texas

the Spanish came to spread catholicism and the anglos wanted to settle permanently

according to Mexican colonization laws, where did the designation and distrubution of land come from

the Mexican government