CHAPTER 8– Trashball Review

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set out on two voyages neither of which was successful brought mostly seeds, tools, and building materials ship upon which Austin’s first colonists sailed

LIVELY

Were law-abiding, hardworking mainly educated people Austin’s first group of settlers

The Old Three Hundred

legal document proving land ownership

Land title or land grant

The Old Three Hundred had to agree to what 2 things?

Become a Mexican citizen Become Catholic

period of low economic activity

DEPRESSION

San Felipe de Austin was

capital of Austin’s first colony SAN FELIPE DE AUSTIN

new state formed by the Mexican government in 1824

Coahuila y Texas

Dutch businessman living in San Antonio who helped Austin present his case for colonization to Governor Martinez

Baron de Bastrop

Hoped going to Texas would enable him to regain his fortune Died before fulfilling his dream, but his son continued and fulfilled his dream

MOSES AUSTIN

Because of the US depression in 1819, the price of _________ was high and _________ was scare.

LAND & MONEY

Many of the Old Three Hundred came from?

Southern US, especially Louisiana (right next door to TX)

She was one of the Old Three Hundred and a widow who ran a successful plantation

Jane Long

Title given to Stephen F Title given to Stephen F. Austin, because he was so well respected and helped TX grow

“Father of Texas”

When Moses Austin lived in Missouri he became a citizen of this country

SPAIN

Why did Austin find his settlers unhappy when he returned to his colony in 1823?

They had trouble with the Natives

The Imperial Colonization Law made Austin happy, b/c it secured his…

LAND GRANT

Moses Austin originally got a land grant from this country…, but Stephen F. Austin had to reconfirm the land grant with this country

SPAIN…MEXICO

What attracted people to want to join Austin in colonizing Texas?

Cheap land in TX, 12.5 cents an acre Austin could allow ppl to pay off money owed over time, or pay with goods instead of cash

Austin was granted the power to form this group of volunteer soldiers… which was important in fending off Indian attacks

militia

Capital of Texas in 1820 Remember it got moved from Los Adaes to this city which was thriving compared to other places in TX

San Antonio “Home of the Alamo”

Offered cheap land in order to attract settlers to TX Helped to significantly boost Texas population Stephen F. Austin is the most famous one of these

Empresario

This law helped to further open Texas colonization Created by the Mexican government

State Colonization Law of 1825

Why was Governor Martinez suspicious when Moses Austin arrived in San Antonio

Learned Moses was from the US, Martinez thought he might be a filibuster

He was a rancher and mayor of San Antonio de Bexar that lead Stephen F He was a rancher and mayor of San Antonio de Bexar that lead Stephen F. Austin to Governor Martinez

Erasmo Seguin

Imperial Colonization Law was passed by…

Mexico

Why did Mexico allow and encourage settlers to move into their land

Mexico needed a larger population in order to keep control of its territory