1. Unit 4 Mexican Colonization and the Empresario System
In Comp Book
Unit 4
Mexican Colonization and the Empresario System

2. Spanish Colonial Era (1689-1821) Mexican National Era (1821-1836)
In Comp Book
Tuesday
Age of Contact ( )
Spanish Colonial Era ( )
Mexican National Era ( )

3. In Comp Book
Tuesday
I can understand how conflicting claims to the land in East Texas were caused.

4. Copy Question and Answers in Comp Book:
Warm Up- Attendance
Copy Question and Answers in Comp Book:
Try and name 2 causes of the American Revolution. (Discuss with group if necessary.)
What were some of the reasons for the French Revolution? (Use group or device if necessary.)
Possible answers include taxation without representation and the Intolerable Acts for the American Revolution.
Terrible poverty for the French Revolution.

5. Marques de Rubi- Small Group
In Comp Book
Marques de Rubi- Small Group
You will read the article on Marques de Rubi. (6 Min)
You will then get out the task cards and begin a round table discussion using the task cards. (12 Min)
Marquez de Rubi will be on the quiz on Friday.
Make sure you get all 4 questions in.
Write down a who Marques de Rubi is and what his job is in Texas.

6. Marques de Rubi- Share with the Room.
No we will begin a round table discussion with the room.
Each group will have someone stand up and ask a question from their comprehension card.
We will go around the room to each group.
The second time we go around someone new needs to stand up and ask.
Make sure you are being respectful of the other students in class.
Don’t be afraid to participate in the conversation.
Don’t be afraid to disagree and voice it.
Don’t be afraid to be disagreed with. It’s America.

7. Answer the following in your Comp Book.
Who was Marques De Rubi?
What was his job?
What do you think the King of Spain thought about Marques de Rubi?
What did Marques de Rubi suggest to the King of Spain?
Predict how this will affect the Texas region.

8. In Comp Book
Wednesday
I can discern what the Louisiana Purchase and Adams Onis Treaty were and comprehend how both apply to the Texas Region.

9. Copy Question and Answers in Comp Book:
Warm Up
Copy Question and Answers in Comp Book:
Why did the Spanish decide to close most of its missions in Texas? (Learned it yesterday.)
What can you conclude of the Spanish King’s opinion of Marques de Rubi by his appointment of visitador general?
Define Annexation.
Too few settlers remained.
The King must have respected Rubi.

11. In Comp Book
What Do You Know?
In your comp books you will write what you know (facts) from looking at this map of the Louisiana purchase.
Write as many things as you can. (4 minutes)
Pay special attention to dates and labels.
Now you will have 5 minutes to go get 3 different things than you have from 3 different people.
When you’re done, back to your seats.

13. Now write the facts- Louisiana Purchase
In Comp Book
In 1800, Spain agreed to return control of Louisiana to France.
Three years later the United States bought it for $15 million.
This doubled the size of the U.S.

14. More important stuff to write down and know
In Comp Book
More important stuff to write down and know
• Spanish colonization in Texas had been largely unsuccessful.
• Spain supported the British colonies in their revolution by opening ports and sending supplies.
• After Spain returned Louisiana to the French, the United States purchased the Louisiana Territory, which encouraged more people to migrate across the Mississippi River toward Spanish Texas.

16. In Comp Book
What Do You Know?
In your comp books you will write what you know (facts) from looking at this map of the Adams Onis Treaty.
Write as many things as you can. (4 minutes)
Pay special attention to dates and labels.
Notice the location of Texas.
Who owns it?
Now you will have 5 minutes to go get 3 different things than you have from 3 different people.
When you’re done, back to your seats.

18. Now write the facts- Adams-Onis Treaty
In Comp Book
Now write the facts- Adams-Onis Treaty
Adams-Onis Treaty
Between 1806 and 1819, no nation governed the Neutral Ground.
Smugglers, outlaws, and fugitives from both Spanish and American territories moved into the Neutral Ground where they were safe from legal authorities.
In 1819 the U.S. and Spain signed the Adams-Onis Treaty, ending the boundary dispute.
Spain gave up Florida and made the Sabine River the eastern boundary of Texas.
U.S. gave up claims to Texas.
The neutral ground is now U.S. territory.

19. If you have time. Answer the following:
How did the Louisiana Purchase and Adams-Onis Treaty affect the Texas Region?

20. In Comp Book
Thursday
I can understand how class divisions among the Spanish contributed to social unrest and calls for independence.

21. Copy Question and Answers in Comp Book:
Warm Up
Copy Question and Answers in Comp Book:
What did Spain gain in the Adams-Onis Treaty?
What is the difference between a filibuster and an empresario? (Definitions please.)
The U.S. agreed to give up all claims to Texas.
Filibuster- An individual who carries out unauthorized warfare against a foreign country. Empresario- The spanish word for land agent whose job it was to bring new settles into an area.

22. Read “Growing Unrest in New Spain”

23. Four More Meet and Greet
Turn to a blank piece of paper in your composition/spiral notebook.
Draw a line down the middle of the paper.
Draw horizontal lines to divide the paper evenly into 6 squares.
You will write 2 facts you remember from the reading in the top 2 boxes.
LEAVE SOME ROOM UNDERNEATH EACH FACT IN THE BOXES.
You will move around to 4 different people not in your group to find 4 more facts that they found in the reading
Your Fact #1
Your Fact #2
LEAVE ROOM DOWN HERE
LEAVE ROOM DOWN HERE
Diff. fact from someone else.
Diff. fact from someone else.
LEAVE ROOM DOWN HERE
LEAVE ROOM DOWN HERE
Diff. fact from someone else.
Diff. fact from someone else.
LEAVE ROOM DOWN HERE
LEAVE ROOM DOWN HERE

24. After Finding all your facts
You will now go back into the article and find at least 1 sentence that supports each fact in each of your boxes.
Write this sentence in the bottom half of your boxes.
You have 10 minutes

25. Four More Meet and Greet Discussion
Now you will discuss with your group what you have learned.
Make sure to mention one thing you found interesting that you did not know.
Make sure to mention one thing you did know that someone else may not have known.
10 Minutes to discuss